Fragrant, comforting, and easy to serve as a complete meal, jeera rice recipe | how to make jeera rice | jeera pulao is a vegetarian north indian rice made with basmati rice, oil, and salt in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 2 Servings
  • Category: rice
  • Cuisine: north indian

Ingredients

using cooked basmati rice (way 1):

  • ½ cup basmati rice
  • 1 tsp oil
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
  • 1 tsp cumin / jeera
  • 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
  • water (to soak & boil)

using pressure cooker (way 2):

  • 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
  • 1 tsp cumin / jeera
  • ½ cup basmati rice
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)

Method

using cooked basmati rice:

  1. now in a large heat 1 tsp ghee and splutter 1 tsp cumin seeds.
  2. now add in cooked basmati rice, ¼ tsp salt and mix gently.
  3. finally, add 2 tbsp coriander leaves and enjoy jeera rice with dal.

using pressure cooker:

  1. firstly, in a cooker heat 1 tsp ghee and splutter 1 tsp cumin seeds.
  2. now add ½ cup basmati rice (soaked 20 minutes) and saute for a minute.
  3. add 1 cup of water, ¼ tsp salt and mix well.
  4. cover and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
  5. finally, add 2 tbsp coriander leaves and enjoy jeera rice with dal.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.