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Jeera Rice
Vathal Kuzhambu

Cuisine Style Tamilnadu | Cooking Time 45 minutes
To Serve 4 | Take with any side dish
Type Lunch or Dinner

Ingredients

Rice - 1 cup
Jeera (Cumin seed) - 10 gms
Gee - 2 Tbsp
Pepper - 2 nos
Red Chilli - 3 nos
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Mustard seed - 1 tbsp
Curry leaves
Salt

Preparation

  • Boil the rice in less water and spread it in a big plate.
  • Heat the gee in a pan, Dry roast Cumin seed.
  • Coarse grind half quantity of the cumin seed and keep it aside.
  • Heat the pan, splutter mustard seed.
  • Add curry leaves, Asafoetida, Red chilli and fry for 2 minutes.
  • Mix cooked rice.
  • Add coarse ground and dry roasted cumin seed.
  • Pour 1 tbsp of gee then mix well.
  • Add salt to taste.

Note

Use fresh ghee.

Tips

2 to 3 ground pepper will add extra taste.

How this Jeera Rice recipe is Unique?

Seasoning of mustard seed brings taste to Jeera rice.


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