Jeera Rice is a flavour packed rice prepared with enticing and appetising aroma of cumin seeds. It is one of the dishes prepared with minimal ingredients and time yet tastes heavenly with the crackling crispness of cumin seeds.
Why cumin is an essential spice
Cumin is an earthy, spicy sweet flavour seeds, one of the most essential ingredients of Indian cuisine. Cumin is commonly used for its flavour in tadka (tempering spices), used as dry roast, coarsely ground or powdered in curries, rice and chutneys. It is an essential spice used in day to day cooking in almost all Indian household. It is a mandatory spice in almost all Indian spice pantry.
Why Jeera rice is most preferred:
Jeera rice/cumin rice is one of the favourite and much preferred dish in Indian restaurants. It pairs well with tadka dal, palak paneer, paneer tikka masala or paneer butter masala. This recipe method is used in restaurants where cooked rice is tossed with fried cumin. In many Indian households leftover rice is used to make this rice.
Variations to actual recipe:
Substitute ghee with oil or vegan butter for vegan version.
You may add more spices like cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaves to make it more flavourful.
The method I have shown here is a restaurant style which can be made in a jiffy. Second method involves cooking rice along with tempered spices.
Quick and easy restaurant style Jeera Rice recipe with process shots and video.
Ingredients:
1 cup = 240ml
Gluten Free, Nut Free
Rice: 2 cups, cooked
Oil: 1 tbsp
Ghee: 1 tbsp
Onion: 1/4 cup, finely chopped
Cumin: 2 tbsp
Salt: as required
Coriander: 1 tbsp, finely chopped
Instructions:
In a pan heat oil and ghee on medium flame.
Add cumin seeds and saute until fragrant or until they crackle and release nice aroma.
Now add chopped onion and saute for couple of minutes or until onions are soft.
Reduce the flame to low setting, add salt, rice and coriander.
Now mix gently until well combined, making sure not to break the rice grains. Turn off the heat.
Delicious and fragrant Jeera Rice is ready to enjoy…
Recipe Notes:
Basmati rice is used for this recipe.
Tadka Dal is best and most preferred side dish for Jeera rice.
Substitute ghee with oil for vegan jeera rice.
If you like this simple and easy Indian rice recipe. You might also like Corn fried rice, Coconut Rice, Lemon Rice.
Restaurant Style Jeera Rice
Ingredients
Nut free, Gluten Free
1 cup = 240ml
- 2 cups Rice Cooked
- 2 tbsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 1/4 cup Onion finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Coriander finely chopped
- As required Salt
Instructions
- Add cumin seeds and saute until fragrant or until they crackle and release nice aroma.
- Now add chopped onion and saute for couple of minutes or until onions are soft.
- Reduce the flame to low setting, add salt, rice and coriander
- Now mix gently until well combined, making sure not to break the rice grains. Turn off the heat.
- Delicious and fragrant Jeera Rice is ready to enjoy...
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Jeera Rice is one of my favourite variety of rice. It can go well with daal as well as curry. Easy to make yet so flavourful . Beautiful share..
Thanks a lot Ruchi…
Jeera rice is one such dish which requires minimal ingredients and tastes awesome. It is so versatile and goes well with any dal , curry or gravy dishes..both veg and non veg. Yours looks great and perfectly done.
Thanks Poonam.
Jeera rice Is my favourite rice . Thanks for Sharing this quick and tasty rice recipe.
Thank you Pavani. I you happen to try this recipe do let me know how it turned out.
Jeera rice with dal fry is always my fav. You have made this just perfect. Lovely share !!!
Thanks Geetanjali…
restaurant style jeera rice really looking like one. Love these brass utensils. Jeera rice is perfect with dal tadka.
Thank you.
I end up making this dish many times cause of its simplicity. It can be paired with anything even dal.
Even I prefer to make this whenever we feel to have something simple yet flavourful instead of plain rice….
There is something so fanciful about the restaurant recipes always. I love the way you have recreated that magic.
Thank you. I hope you get t try this recipe sometime.
True Jeera rice is one of the dishes prepared with minimal ingredients and time yet tastes heavenly when eaten with any curry or dal.
I can almost smell the aroma of cumin while looKing at the beautiful clicks.
Thanks Lata.
There is something about this simple dish that takes my heart away all the time, love this with dal makhni specially, loved your detailed recipe thanks for sharing.
So true Soma, this simple yet flavourful dish never fails to impress us….
This sounds so flavorful and good !!!! I most of the time prefer to make this in normal days 😉 Lovely share
Thanks Sasmita…
Jeera rice comes first to my mind when I have sudden guests…simple, quick and yummy!! Looking super tempting and yummy!!
This is a much needed recipe. I never get the perfect restaurent style texture in jeera rice 🙂
Jeera rice and tadka dal.. what more do we need. Whenever I come home after travelling this is the first thing I make.
This sounds so good! I remember having jeera rice in India when I travelled there but I’ve never made it at home.
I hope you do try sometime Mandy. I am sure you will like it.
always looking for good rice recipes and it seems simple enough
Yes Karl, it is very quick and easy to prepare, yet flavourful and tasty.