Jeera Rice

Jeera rice

Ingredients -

Basmati rice - 1 cup
Salt - 1/2 tbsp
Water - 2 cups
Ghee (clarified butter) - 1/2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 2 tbsp
asafetida - 1 tsp
Cloves - 2
Green cardamom - 2

Recipe - 

Step 1: Cooking rice - Clean rice with water for 3 times. Soak in water for at least half hour. Discard water used for soaking and replace with 2 cups of fresh water. Put rice and water in a cooking pot. Add salt to it, and turn on the heat to medium. Close the lid and let it cook for about 20 minutes.

Step 2: Tempering - Heat ghee in a sautee pan. Once heated, add cumin seeds. Once cumin seeds start to become black (about 2 minutes), add asafetida, cloves and green cardamom. After 30 seconds, add the tempering to rice and cook as per instruction in step 1.

Jeera rice taste well with any curry or dal recipe.

Enjoy!