Jeera Rice !

A Simple and flavorful rice that goes well with any gravy dish and makes a delectable meal for a rainy day. Its so simple and quick with very minimum ingredents. I have used quite a bit of ingredients but you can neglect few of them if you really dont need them like the garlic, onions and whole spices. All that is mandatory is only rice water jeera salt and little oil. But our taste buds dont compromise to only these :)

INGREDIENTS

English	Tamil	Telugu	Hindi	Quantity
Rice	Arisi	Biyam	Chaval	1 cup
Oil	Ennai	Nune	Thel	1 tbsp
Clarified Butter	Nei	Neyyi	Ghee	1 tbsp
Cumin Seeds	Seeragam	Jeera	Jeera	2 tsp heaped
Cloves	Lavangam	Lavagam	Laung	5Nos
Cinnamon	Pattai	Dalchini Chekka	Dalchini	2 pieces
Star Anise	Annasi Poo	Anasa Puvvu	Star Anise	1 No
Cardamom	Elakai	Yelakalu	Elachi	2 Nos
Bay Leaf	Biriyani Ilai	Biriyani Aaku	Tej patha	2Nos
Garlic	Poondu	Velluli	Lehsun	2 Pods
Onions	Vengayam	Ullipaya	Pyaaz	1 Medium
Salt	Uppu	Uppu	Namak	AS Needed
Water / Coconut Milk				1.5 cups

STEPS

• Wash and Soak Basmati Rice for 30 mts.
• Heat a pan and add oil and ghee to it.
• Add all the whole spices and Jeera. 
• Crush the garlic and add to it and saute for few seconds.
• Add the sliced onions and saute till transparent.
• Add the rice and give a mix.

• Add water or coconut milk (if u like) and required salt.
• Close the lid and cook for 5-7  minutes till most of the water is absorbed and then lower the flame to the lowest possible and leave it for another 5- 7 minutes and turn off stove.
• If using cooker, cook for one whistle and then lower the flame and keep for 5 minutes and turn off stove. 

• Transfer to plate and server with any side dish of your choice.

Happy Cooking !!!

With Love,