Onion jeera rice or jeera fried rice with onions is a tastier version of the cumin fried rice in ghee. This fragrant cumin rice with onions is the perfect accompaniment to any dish!
Tasting better than simple white rice or the flavored jeera rice, this onion and cumin rice can be served for celebratory dinners or special evenings with loved ones.
Simply cook it like you do normal rice and add a tadka of fragrant cumin and fried onions and the rice is ready.
Onion Jeera Rice – Cumin Fried Rice with Onions
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Ingredients
- 250 g White Rice or Basmati rice
- 2 Litres Water
- .75 Tablespoon Salt
For The Tadka
- 3 Tablespoon Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Cumin (Jeera)
- 2 Tablespoon Ghee (Indian clarified butter)
- 2 Onions
Optional
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 1 tablespoon Fresh Coriander Leaves
Instructions
- Boil water and salt in a pot. You can add a few bay leaves for more flavor.
- Once it starts to boil, add the rice and start cooking. (Note: We Indians always add extra water so that the excess starch can be drained out later.)
- Give the rice a couple of stirs after a few minutes so that the grains cook evenly.
- After 10 mins, pinch two or three grains of rice between your thumb and forefinger. If it breaks well, it's cooked. If it's not ready, cook for a few more minutes.
- Once the rice has cooked, drain the water and set the rice aside.
Making The Cumin Tadka with Fried Onions
- Chop the onions fine and keep ready.
- Add the cumin or jeera to a small pan with the ghee. Allow it to fry for a few minutes till it sputters and you get a nice roasty aroma.
- Add the chopped onions and fry for 5 minutes.
- Add the fried cumin and onions mixture to the rice and mix well. And the fragrant onion jeera rice is ready to serve.
- Optionally, sprinkle some chopped fresh coriander on top!
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Notes
- When using our traditional rinse methods, the salt drains with the excess water, and the rice is left with a normal amount of salt.
- For more flavor, you can add a couple of bay leaves to the rice water while boiling.
- You can use long grain white rice like charminar rice or basmati rice.
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Nutrition (Per Serving)
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Notes about making Onion and Cumin Fried Rice
- When using our traditional rinse methods, the salt drains with the excess water, and the rice is left with a normal amount of salt.
- For more flavor, you can add a couple of bay leaves to the rice water while boiling.
- You can use long grain white rice like charminar rice or basmati rice.
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- You might also like the recipes for simple white rice, burnt onion rice, rice with turmeric, or wedding rice.
- You might also love all these rice desserts – white choc with raisins and puffed rice, dark choc with raisins and puffed rice, or the dark choc and coconut in puffed rice.
- Want to try something totally different with rice? Make letri! Or turn this rice into the East Indian tricolor rice!
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