Jeera Rice

Today is Saturday and that calls fora  lazy lunch. We have lunch at 3 pm on weekends and we have it at a leisure. No table manners, no napkins,no nothings (it is usually the same on weekdays too).

So, today I made Jeera rice and Soya Chunks curry. It was easy and can be made in a few minutes.

Jeera Rice

Ingredients
Rice - 2 and half cups
Jeera - 2 table spoons
Salt - to taste
Bay leaf - 1
Cinnamon - half a stick
Cloves - 4
Cashew-nuts - 10
Onions - Cut into long thin slices and deep fried*
Water - 5 cups*
Oil and Butter - 2 tea spoons each or more if you like it heavy

Method

Pour oil and butter in a rice cooker or pressure cooker, add Bay leaf,Cinnamon and cloves,let them fry for a bout half a minute.

 Now add Jeera to that and make sure it does not turn Black. Jeera fries fast so be careful.

 Now add rice to it along with water. I soaked the rice before,it cooks faster that way and then add salt.For rice cooker the timing is pretty easy. For pressure cooker wait for three whistles.

Add the Cashew-nuts and Onions and Serve it hot with Gravy. I made Soya chunks Curry.

* You can skip Onions if you want.
* This is crucial, measurement at home is  1 cup rice = 2 cups water. You please add water according to your cooking.

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