Jeera Rice

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice- 1 cup
• Cumin seeds- 1 and 1/2 tea spoon
• Edible oil- 2 table spoons
• Bay leaves- 2
• Salt- to taste
• Sugar- to taste
• Cilantro- for garnishing

Method

1. Wash and drain Basmati rice.
2. In a cooker, put oil and heat.
3. Add cumin seeds and bay leaves and stir for few seconds.
4. Add salt and sugar.
5. Add rice and contnue frying for a minute or two.
6. Pour 2 cups of hot water. Stir and mix. Taste the water to ascertain the salt level.
7. Close the lid of the cooker and after one whistle of cooker, immediately switch off the heat. Allow to cool. Open the lid and transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with cilantro.

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Deliciously Wow Coconut Rice In Zippy

Ingredients

1cup of rice
1cup of sugar
1 cup of grated fresh coconut
A table spoon of ghee (or unsalted butter)
Two cardamoms (broken)
Two cloves
Saffron
Almonds

Method

1. Wash 1 cup of rice in a bowl and keep it aside.
2. Take a table spoon of ghee (or un-salted butter) in a pressure cooker and put two cardamoms (broken) and two cloves in it. Put the cooker on gas stove (or hot plate) and allow to splutter.
3. Take out the washed rice from the bowl and put it in the cooker.
4. Saute the rice for some 3 to 4 minutes in the cooker, then add 1 cup of hot water and 1 cup of milk in the cooker.
5. Cook the rice in the cooker. Allow one whistle of the cooker. Remove the cooker from fire and allow it to cool.
6. Take a large pan (or wok), put in it 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of grated fresh coconut and cook on medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes. Stir with spatula and mix nicely.
7. Take the cooked rice from the cooker and spread it in a plate (dish) to remove the steam. Put the rice from the plate in to the pan and mix it thoroughly with the coconut mixture already in the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
8. Add saffron and almonds to the coconut rice.
9. Deliciously wow coconut rice made in zippy, ready to serve.