Jeera rice
Ingredients
Seeraga samba rice 2 cup
Shahi jeera 1 tbsp
Cinnamon(pattai) 2 small piece
Cardamom 2no
Bay leaf 1
Clove 2 no
Oil 1 tbsp
Ghee 1 tsp
Required salt
For grind
Ginger finely chopped 1 tbsp
Garlic 3 no
Green chili 2 or 3 no
Coriander leaves finely chopped ¼ cup
Method
- Soak the rice for 30 min.
- Grind the items given. keep it aside.
- Heat a big pan with oil. Add shahi jeera and whole garam masala. Once the jeera popped add ground paste. Saute well.
- Once the raw smell goes add 4 cups of water. Cover it. Let it boil.
- Once the water gets rolling boil add washed rice and salt. Mix it well.
- Cover and cook for high flame in 2 min. and then cook for medium flame in 2 min. once the rice cooked 3/4th consistency, then low the flame and slow cook till the rice turns cooked well. Add ghee. Mix it well. Switch off the flame.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve it with chana masala or any veg gravy
Tried this with the exact same proportions and it came out great. All my friends loved it. Thanks Usha!
Thank you so much Abirami.