Recipe Summary
Recipe:
Cumin Flavored Rice - Jeera Rice
Cuisine: South Indian
Type: Vegeterian
Course: Main Dish
Courtesy:
Cuisine: South Indian
Type: Vegeterian
Course: Main Dish
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Cumin Flavored Rice - Jeera Rice
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Ingredients
- Basmati rice — 1 cup
- Water — 2 cups
- Carrots — cup, diced
- Frozen green peas – cup, washed
- Oil — 2 tsp
- Ghee (clarified butter) — 2 tsp
- Cinnamon — 1 small piece
- Cloves — 4
- Green Elaichi (cardamom) — 1
- Kala Jeera (black cumin) — 1 tsp
- Salt — 1 tsp
Directions
- Rinse Rice with water until water runs clear – Add 2 cups water and soak for 15 minutes.
- In a pot with a tight fitting lid, heat Oil and Ghee.
- Add Cinnamon, Cloves, Elaichi and Kala Jeera – allow them to sputter.
- Add Carrots and Green Peas and mix well.
- Add Rice, Water and Salt.
- Bring to a boil – uncovered.
- Cover the pot, reduce flame to low and let rice simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove cover and stir gently to mix the vegetables and rice.
- Turn off heat and replace cover until ready to eat.
- Serves 4





