Jeera | Cumin Rice & Awards

Jeera/Cumin Rice is a North-Indian dish which is very simple and easy to prepare dish. Whenever i dont have enough time to prepare a dish, i go with this rice. This rice goes well with any vegetarian or non-vegetarian gravy curry.

Cooking Time 30 min
Serves 2-3 Persons  


Ingredients:

Basmati Rice (Washed & Soaked for 30 min)
2 Cups
Onion (Finely Sliced)
1 Big
Green Chillies (Sliced)
10 - 12
Mint Leaves (Chopped)
1/2 Cup
Coriander Leaves (Chopped)
3/4 Cup
Yellow Color
A Pinch
Water
3 ½ - 4 Cups
Salt
To Taste

Seasoning:
Ghee / Oil
2 - 3 Tbsps
Elachi
3
Cloves
3
Cinnamom Sticks
3
Jeera (Cumin Seeds)
2 Tbsps
Cashews
2 - 3 Tbsps
Bay Leaves
3 - 4


Process:

  • Heat ghee in a wide pan and do the seasoning one by one (elachi, cloves, cinnamon sticks, cashews, jeera & bay leaves).
  • Add chopped onions and green chillies and fry on medium flame until golden brown in color. Then add chopped mint and coriander leaves and fry for 2 min.
  • Then add the water, salt and soaked rice to the pan. Mix well and cook until 10 min on medium flame without covering  with any lid.
  • Lastly add a pinch of yellow color water on top of rice and cook on very low flame by covering with lid for 5 min.
  • Serve hot jeera rice with any gravy curry !!!!
Sending this recipe to 'Dish Name starts with J' event hosted by Akila's Kitchen ....
Also sending another recipe 'Ravva Kesari' to 'FSF event' hosted by Vatsala  ........

Very happy to receive my first award - cute triple awards from my blogger friend Jay of  Tasty Appetite ... Thanks for sharing these cute awards with me Jay ...You made my day !!!!! Thank u once again Jay ....
Passing these awards to my blogger friends .... Please accept the awards & pass it over to 14 friends ...

35 comments:

  1. Wow...very aromatic n yummy rice...loved your version,easy n flavor packed...congratz on your first triple award n wish u many many more in your way ...keep rocking!!

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  2. Thanks Sangee Vijay for a quick comment ......

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  3. Thanq dear...for passing the award...Rice looks yummy... flavorful...

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  4. My first time here....your cute krishna profile pic...pulled me to look into your space....

    wow very nice cumin rice...love the click....

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  5. Very flavor rice, I don't know how to prepare this, now happy with your version.
    congrats on your awards dear, thanx a lot for considering me for award, so sweet of you.

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  6. Congrats on your award.. jeera rice looks delicious!!

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  7. Thanks for sharing the award.
    Jeera rice looks so good and yummy.

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  8. wow...yummy and colourful rice..thanks for sharing the award

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  9. Jeera rice looks fantastic.Congrats on the awards.

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  10. I love this rice, and the dual color surely enhances the visual appeal. Simply fantastic.

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  11. Rice is so tempting....I can get the aroa here too.
    Thanks for sharing the awards.

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  12. wow, rice looks absolutely delicious, simple and lovely clicks..Congrats on the awards..

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  13. Lovely colour of jeera rice n yummy platter..
    Glad to follow you :-)
    Thanx for visiting my blog n leaving your sweet comments!!!

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  14. aromatic n flavorful..
    congrats dear...your blog very well deserve this and many more awards in future..:)
    Tasty Appetite

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  15. Hi Kalyani thank u for visitng my space and leaving your wonderful comment..glad to know u..
    Jeera rice looks colourful and delicious dear...

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  16. Tempting and yummy rice! Thanks for your lovely comment and joining in my blog...

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  17. You can really feel the smell of the rice from the pics itself...just looks mouthwatering and can't wait to try it this weekend.

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  18. Thank you so much Kalyani. So sweet of you to have remembered me. Very gracious of you.

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  19. simple and delicious jeera rice. comforting meal

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  20. Thanks everyone for ur wonderful comments ....

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  21. Love the rice! I cam never have enough :)

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  22. Congrats you deserve the awards! Thanks for passing it on to me. I gratefully accept them!

    I love the picture. Thanks for the tip on how to colour 1/2 the rice. Will try it out soon.

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  23. Hi Kalyani...thanks for dropping by my blog. Your jera rice looks really aromatic . Nice clicks too !!!

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  24. Thanks for sharing the award..loved your version of jeera rice and the colour.

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  25. Simple & aromatic rice!! And congrats on your awards Kalyani!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  26. Congrats for ur awards and Thank u soo much for sharing this award.colourful and aromatic rice.

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  27. We love eating jeera rice all the time and this looks perfect!

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  28. congrats on ur award dear...jeera rice looks perfect and delicious...

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  29. Jeera rice looks perfectly cooked! Nice recipe!

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  30. Thanks everyone for ur wonderful comments ....

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  31. Thank you for the awards Kalyani..

    Delicious looking jeera rice..perfectly done ...love the pic...

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