Saturday, March 12, 2011

Jeera Rice


Ingredients:
  • Basmathi Rice - 1 1/2 cup
  • oil - 3 Tea spoons
  • Ghee - 2 Tea spoons
  • Jeera seeds - 1 Tea spoon
  • Sompu - 1/2 Tea spoon
  • Biryani Leaf - 1
  • Cloves - 3
  • Chakka - 1/2 Piece
  • Onions - 1 - Large - chopped
  • Green Chillies - 5 to 6 chopped
  • Curry Leaves - 1 stem
  • Ginger - Medium size piece
  • Garlic - 6 Pieces
  • Coriander - 1 Fist full chopped
  • Ajinomotto - 2 Pinches
  • Salt - Based on taste
Procedure:
  • Wash  the rice and drain completely.
  • Take 1 1/2 cup washed Basmathi rice in a vessel and pour 2 1/2 cups of water. (Measure - For 1 cup of Basmathi rice, add 1 1/2 cup of water). Keep the vessel aside.
  • Grind Ginger, garlic and chopped coriander into a fine paste.
  • Heat oil and ghee in a pan, add jeera seeds, sompu, biryani leaf, chakka, cloves and fry for a while.
  • Now add chopped onions, chillies, curry leaves and saute them, till the onion pieces become transparent.
  • Later on add ginger, garlic, coriander paste, which has been grounded already.
  • Fry the entire mixture, till the oil comes out of it and the mixture should leave the borders of the pan.
  • Add ajinomotto and 1/4 tea spoon salt to the mixture.
  • Now pour the entire mixture into the vessel, which contains basmathi rice and water. Add required salt, stir the ingredients well and pressure cook the entire mixture for 4 whistles.
  • Later on stir it slightly and serve hot with your favorite curry.

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