Jeera Rice Recipe – Yes, you heard it right: “Jeera Rice”. Its one of the simplest, easiest yet most ordered rice dish in an Indian restaurant. Jeera Rice is very common side dish eaten along with different lentil preparations like dal fry, dal palak, mix dal fry, dal tadka or even south indian rasam and sambar. I have seen Jeera rice served as complimentary dish along with curries in an Indian restaurant.
The way I make the Jeera rice is the common recipe for this dish. I have tempered the Jeera (cumin seeds) in clarified butter (ghee) and then added this tempered ghee on to rice & water. Alternatively you can take a deep pan, add clarified butter and temper some cumin seeds in the pan. Once tempered, add the rinsed rice and mix it well. Then pour water and boil it rice.
Whatever recipe format you use, the end result is almost similar. Lot of people also use a Rice cooker to make Jeera rice. Instead of boiling the rice in a deep pan, just pour rice+water in rice cooker and let it cook. I have also seen recipes where people cook their Jeera rice in Microwave!. That’s perfectly normal if you are used to cook rice in microwave. The idea is to mix the rice with tempered ghee and jeera. That adds flavor to rice.
Jeera rice as I mentioned earlier, is quite popular in Indian restaurant. As it is best side dish for any gravy based sabzi it is often the last dish being ordered in restaurants.
Basmati rice is the key ingredient in this jeera rice. You will not get that flavor if you use any other form of rice. Basmati means ‘fragrance’ in sanskrit. That fragrance makes what jeera rice is.
If you like Jeera rice, also check my other rice preparations: lemon rice recipe and mexican fried rice recipe.
Coming back to the easy to cook Jeera Rice Recipe, lets check the steps to make jeera rice at home.
Simple And Easy Jeera Rice Recipe
1. Wash the basmati rice and then add 2 cup of waste and keep aside. Add salt and mix well with rice. In the tadka pan add clarified butter(ghee), cloves, cinnamon stick and jeera and once the jeera is tempered put the tadka in the soaked rice. Stir it.
- Rice:1 cup (basmati rice)
- Cumin seeds (jeera): 1 tbsp
- Clarified butter (ghee):1 tbsp
- Cloves (laung): 2 piece
- Cinnamon stick (dalchini): 1/2 inch stick
- Water: 2 cup
- Salt: 1 tsp or to taste
- Wash the basmati rice thoroughly and add 2 cup of water. Keep aside for some time.
- In a tadka pan add the clarified butter(ghee) then add cloves, cinnamon stick and cumin seeds (jeera) and let it. crackle.
- Once the jeera crackle put the tadka in the rice filled with water and stir it.
- Cook the rice for about 20 min.
- Now the easy tasty Jeera Rice is ready to serve.
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Never heard this recipe before, but I should try it in a short time, because it is looking so delicious to me!
Hi Martin, Yes indeed.. the recipe is simple yet quite flavorful and a must for Indian curries.
I was in India for the first time in December2014/January 2015. Tasted jeera rice for the first time in my life. Loved it so I had to have the recipe.
Definitely 5 star
Looks tempting and very easy to make.. However I think you have missed to mention where to add salt..
Thanks Gopi for receipes
Glad that you liked my recipes Sachin:)
Jeera rice is indeed heavenly thank you Gopi for the recipe
My favourite recipe all time thanks gopi keep the recipes coming more more recipes thanks gopi I give 5stars
Thanks Geeta for 5 stars :) Glad you liked all the recipes.
Thanks Mr.Gopi this recipe help me to solve my brother-in-law's problem because he is chef in a Pushpanjali in Guruvayoor Kerala. He ask me so I search in net. thanks to U
awesome and easy recipe . .thanks a lot :)
Thanks Nafiaah
Nice thanks
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