Spiced Jeera Pulav/ Easy Cumin Seed Rice

This happens to be a favourite dish of mine thanks to its flavour and the ease of making it. I came across a different version of Spiced Jeera Pulav / Easy Cumin Seed Rice while browsing the net and put it on my bucket list for testing. This recipe has more of the jeera/cumin seeds and no ginger or garlic and a range of different spices, unlike the recipe I posted a few years ago.

Jeera Rice/Cumin Seed Pulav

Anyway, I went on to make it very successfully and posted photographs of it on my Facebook Page of the same name – The Versatile Housewives.

Aga from Poland saw this photograph on my Facebook page and wanted to learn how to make Spiced Jeera Pulav / Cumin Seed Rice. She and her husband love Indian food and when they visited Malaysia, I had the privilege of teaching them how to! This is a lovely recipe that pairs well with almost any Indian Curry be it vegetarian or Non-vegetarian.

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The Recipe:

The Ingredients:

300 gms rice, washed and drained

1 onion sliced fine

1 tbsp jeera seeds (cumin)

1star anise

1-inch cinnamon

2 cloves

2 cardamom

2 bay leaves

2 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp ghee for frying the rice

400 ml warm water

Method:

Take a heavy-bottomed pan and heat it.  When hot put in the olive oil and ghee.  Add the jeera seeds and spices and when they splutter add the onions, lower flame, and stir fry onions till golden brown.  Add the rice and stir well ensuring the grains are all coated with the oil.  Transfer to the rice cooker, add salt to taste, 400 ml water, and cook till done.  Serve hot.

For those using a pressure cooker – pressure cook for 5 minutes.   Keep in the cooker for another 5 minutes without opening.  Open, fluff grains with a fork, spread out on a tray to cool for 10 minutes, and serve with an accompanying curry.

NB:  There are many varieties of long-grain Basmathi Rice.  Some need to be soaked before cooking and some don’t.  Make sure you do what works for you.  I never soak my basmati rice and the outcome is always fluffy and delicious.

Some Other Rice Recipes or You To Try

Fried Rice

Ma’s Coconut Rice

Easy Lebanese Rice

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