Jeera Fried Rice | Easy One-Pot Jeera Rice in 60 Minutes
How to make Jeera Fried Rice Recipe in 10 minutes: Tried and tasted!
Jeera fried rice recipe and dal fry tadka are my current favorite go-to recipes whenever I’m not feeling like making something extravagant while still craving for some authentic restaurant-style food at home.
An Indian style flavor-packed rice dish made with minimal ingredients like jeera, ghee, basmati rice, oil, and coriander this restaurant-style jeera fried rice recipe goes very well with any Indian curry including paneer tikka masala.
A simple yet a dish worthy of the lords, Jeera Fried Rice, can also be made using the leftover rice, and believe me it just tastes absolutely delicious. The jeera in this jeera rice does not only enhances the taste but also adds many nutritional values. Jeera works great on your digestive system. It is also a pretty good source of Calcium, Iron, Protein, and many more.[1]
This quick and easy to make Jeera Fried Rice Recipe could be made in 2 ways.
– By mixing all the ingredients, including the jeera and the dry spices with the boiled rice.
– One-Pot Jeera Rice Recipe is also known as Jeera Pulao Recipe where all the ingredients along with raw rice, are cooked together in a pot.
Tempted enough? Then let’s get started with our Restaurant style Jeera Fried Rice Recipe. All you have to do is follow these super-simple steps, and you will have your own restaurant-style Jeera Rice would be ready in 15 minutes!
Recipe with detailed ingredients and steps are provided in the recipe card below. You can also print this recipe from the button provided in the recipe card.
You can serve this aloo puri with other curry recipes like,
1. Kadai paneer
2. Paneer tikka
3. Chole masala
Jeera Fried Rice | Jeera Chawal
To make this jeera rice, you would need,
- Basmati Rice
- Indian Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)
- Black Cardamom (Badi Elaichi)
- Green Cardamom (Choti Elaichi)
- Cinnamon (Dalchini)
- Mace (Javitri)
- Cloves
- Cumin Seeds
- Coriander leaves
- Ghee
- Water
- Salt
Jeera rice using boiled Basmati rice
– Take 1 cup of Basmati rice in a bowl. Rinse it thoroughly for 2 times. See to it that the water is clear at the end free of all the starch.
– Soak the basmati rice in enough water for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, drain all the water and keep aside the rice. Take a large Boiling pan, add 4 cups of water and bring it to boil.
– In the water, add Indian bay leaf, black cardamom, green cardamom, cinnamon, mace, cloves, and salt along with the rice. Let it simmer on low flame uncovered.
– Stop the cooking when the rice is cooked to 95%. Remove the excess water and keep it aside and let it cool.
– Take a kadhai. Heat 2 Tbsp oil in a frying pan. Add 2 tbsp cumin seeds, green chilies, and saute them until the cumin seeds start to pop.
– Switch off the flame of the kadhai. Add the cooked rice, and using a spoon or fork, mix the tempering and rice properly. Add chopped coriander leaves while mixing.
– Your jeera rice is ready using boiled Basmati rice.
Jeera rice using the One-Pot method
– Take 1 cup of Basmati rice in a bowl. Rinse it thoroughly for 2 times. See to it that the water is clear at the end free of all the starch.
– Soak the basmati rice in enough water for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, drain all the water and keep aside the rice.
Take a frying pan, heat 2 Tbsp Ghee on a medium flame. Add 2 Tsp of Cumin seeds and let it crackle. Now, add all the spices (cinnamon, green cardamoms, black cardamoms, bay leaf, peppercorns, cloves, and mace.
– Saute for a few seconds and then immediately add the soaked rice leaving the water behind.
– Saute the rice for two minutes. Now, add 2 to 2 ½ cups of water to the rice. Sprinkle some salt and stir well.
Transfer the whole rice mixture into a cooker or large vessel to cook. (This is an opional step. You can cook in the same pan as well.)
– Set the flame on medium and cover it with lid. Let it simmer for some time till all the water is soaked up and the rice is cooked properly.
– Switch off the flame and add chopped coriander leaves from the top.
Your Jeera fried rice is ready. Serve it with Dal Fry or Vegetable curry.
Homemade Jeera Rice Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Basmati Rice
- 1 Indian Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)
- 1 Black Cardamom (Badi Elaichi)
- 2 Green Cardamom (Choti Elaichi)
- ½ inch Cinnamon (Dalchini)
- 1 strand Mace (Javitri)
- 2 Cloves (Lavang)
- 2 tsp Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
- 1 tbsp Coriander leaves (Chopped)
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- Water as needed
- Salt as needed
Instructions
Method 1: Jeera Rice Preparation With Boiled Basmati Rice.
- Take 1 cup of Basmati rice in a bowl.
- Rinse it thoroughly for 2 times. See to it that the water is clear at the end free of all the starch.
- Soak the basmati rice in enough water for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, drain all the water and keep aside the rice.
- Take a large Boiling pan, add 4 cups of water and bring it to boil.
- In the water, add Indian bay leaf, black cardamom, green cardamom, cinnamon, mace, cloves, and salt along with the rice. Let it simmer on low flame uncovered.
- Stop the cooking when the rice is cooked to 95%. Remove the excess water and keep it aside and let it cool.
- Take a kadhai. Heat 2 Tbsp oil in a frying pan.
- Add 2 tbsp cumin seeds, green chilies, and saute them until the cumin seeds start to pop.
- Switch off the flame of the kadhai. Add the cooked rice, and using a spoon or fork, mix the tempering and rice properly.
- Add chopped coriander leaves while mixing.
- Your jeera rice is ready.
Method 2: One-Pot Recipe
- Take 1 cup of Basmati rice in a bowl.
- Rinse it thoroughly for 2 times. See to it that the water is clear at the end free of all the starch.
- Soak the basmati rice in enough water for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, drain all the water and keep aside the rice.
- Take a frying pan, heat 2 Tbsp Ghee on a medium flame. Add 2 Tsp of Cumin seeds and let it crackle.
- Now, add all the spices (cinnamon, green cardamoms, black cardamoms, bay leaf, peppercorns, cloves, and mace.
- Saute for a few seconds and then immediately add the soaked rice leaving the water behind.
- Saute the rice for two minutes.
- Now, add 2 to 2 ½ cups of water to the rice. Sprinkle some salt and stir well.
- Transfer the whole rice mixture into a cooker or large vessel to cook. (This is an opional step. You can cook in the same pan as well.)
- Set the flame on medium and cover it with lid.
- Let it simmer for some time till all the water is soaked up and the rice is cooked properly.
- Switch off the flame and add chopped coriander leaves from the top.
- Your Jeera fried rice is ready. Serve it with Dal Fry or Vegetable curry.
Notes
- Remember to remove almost all the starch before cooking the rice.
- Rinse the rice well before cooking. It helps to get rid of the extra starch and it will turn your rice non-sticky.
- Before cooking, remember to soak the washed rice in water for at least half an hour.
- Dry roast all the spices till it crackles. This has to be done before proceeding with the Jeera rice recipe.
- Use a fork while mixing the rice instead of a spoon. As it will break the rice more as compared to a fork.
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