I always love mild flavoured rice when compared to spicy masala biryani. The white colour basmati rice fascinates me a lot and hence I prefer Ghee Rice, Fried Rice, Coconut Rice or any simple veg pulao (Peas Pulao). Today's recipe is about Jeera Rice, which is one of the popular restaurant special rice. I had tasted this in Sangeetha under North Indian lunch menu. This is a very easy to make recipe which we can prepare it in couple of minutes. I tried this at home to pair it with Butter Chicken and tastes yum. This goes well with dal, any spicy non-veg curry, Paneer Butter Masala, Mattar Paneer or veg kuruma.
Ingredients:Basmati Rice – 1 cup
Boiling water – 1.5 cups
Salt - as required
Butter/Ghee – 1 tbsp
To Temper:
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Bay leaf – 1
Cardamom – 3
Cloves – 4
Cinnamon Stick – 1 inch
Black pepper corns – few or Green Chilli - 1(optional)
Method:
1. Wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes. In a pressure cooker pan, add the ghee/butter. Then temper it with the items under 'To Temper'. Drain the soaked rice from water and add it to the cooker, saute it for a minute.
2. Finally, add the boiling water and required salt. Close the cooker with the lid and pressure cook it for 2 whistles. Switch off the flame.
- Adding green chilli or pepper is purely optional. It doesn't change the flavour since we pair it with spicy curry.
- Instead of pressure cooking, you can cook it in a closed pan until water is dried completely.
Happy's Cook - Divya
Simple yet flavorful rice.. awesome with butter chicken :) Nice clicks dear :)
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