Jeera Rice Recipe | Zeera Rice or Easy Jeera Pulao Recipe
Jeera rice or jeera pulao is your quick fix rice recipe. Zeera Rice gets made in a matter of minutes and is really no fuss. Jeera rice goes well with most Indian vegetarian or non-vegetarian curries and dishes.
Ingredients
- 0.5 Cup Basmati Rice Washed clean & soaked for 30 mins
- 1 Teaspoon Ghee
- 1.5 Teaspoon Salt
- 2 Cup Water
- 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds or Jeera
Instructions
- Soak the rice for half an hour after washing it thoroughly. You can soak this directly in the pressure cooker.
- To start cooking add salt, sprinkle jeera or cumin seeds on top and then pour ghee at the end.
- Close the lid of the pressure cooker and on it goes on fire till it sounds one whistle.
- Remove the pressure top and let the steam escape.
- Fluff the rice with a fork to separate the cooked grains.
- Serve hot with the curry of your choice.
Notes
- Use really good quality basmati rice for this jeera rice recipe.
- If you are cooking zeera rice in a pressure cooker, you can increase the rice to water ratio to 1:2.25
- You can also add whole spices like bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves to this and make chawal garam masala.
- Garnish on jeera pulao is an optional, but feel free to top it up with some finely chopped coriander leaves should you want.