Recipes - Jeera Rice
- Hilda Pinto
- Kalina / Mumbai
Ingredients:
2 cups basmati rice
3 ½ cups water
2 tsp. jeera (cumin)
1 large onion (sliced)
2 tbsp. ghee/ oil
Salt as per taste
2 tbsp. chopped coriander leaves
Fried onion & nuts (optional)
Method:
Wash rice and soak in water for half an hour. In a heavy bottomed saucepan, heat ghee/oil. Add jeera and splutter. Later add sliced onion and fry until slightly brown. Now add drained rice and fry for 2 minutes. Add water and salt as per taste. After a boil, simmer and cook covered until water dries up. Garnish with coriander leaves & fried onion & nuts (optional).
Serve with pickle/ curd or raitha.