Hello everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, Jeera Rice. one of my favorites . For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look deliciou

The Ingredients needed to make Jeera Rice:

1. You need For of cooking rice
2. It’s 1 cup of basmati rice
3. Prepare 4 cups of water
4. It’s 1 of tej patta (indian bay leaf)
5. It’s 2 of green cardamoms 1 black cardamom
6. You need 1/2 inch of Cinnamon
7. It’s 2 of Cloves
8. Prepare 1-2 of Single strands of mace
9. You need 1 teaspoon of Salt or as required
10. You need For of tempering jeera rice -
11. It’s 2 tablespoons of Oil /ghee
12. Prepare 2 teaspoons of cumin seeds
13. Prepare 1 of green chilli - chopped, optional
14. It’s 1 tablespoon of chopped coriander leaves

Step to make Jeera Rice:

1. Cooking rice and rinse basmati rice till the water runs clear of starch. Soak the rice for 30 mins and then drain all the Keep it aside. Heat 4 cups of water till it comes to a boil. Then add all the whole spices, add rice and salt. Simmer the rice on a low flame uncovered. The rice grains should be cooked till it tender and yet separate. Then drain the water and keep the cooked rice aside.
2. If you want you can rinse also the rice with water at room temperature. This stops the cooking of the rice and keeps the grains separate.
3. Making of the jeera rice Heat oil in a small pan, add cumin/jeera and let them crackle. They have to be fried well otherwise you will taste uncooked cumin in the rice.
4. Add the green chilies and stir it for a few second No need to brown the chillie Add the tempering to the hot or warm rice. With a fork, gently mix the tempering with the rice grain Even if some rice grains break, its alright. Do it gently taking care so as not to break the rice grain
5. Add coriander and gently mix or garnish the rice with coriander at the time of serving. Serve jeera rice hot or warm with a dal or vegetable/paneer curry of your choice.

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