This recipe is very simple and a minor variant of Jeera rice. Adding peas and carrots makes it more delicious. This can be served with any gravy or lentil. Kids love to eat it just with curd or raita.
Ingredients
For Rice
- 1 Cup Basmati rice soak for 10 minute
- 1/3 cup Carrot cut into small pieces
- 1/3 cup Peas
For seasoning
- 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1/4 tsp Shah jeera
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 2 Green cardamom
- 1/2 Star anise
- 1' inch Cinnamon Stick
- 4 Cloves
- 2 floret Mace
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Ingredients for carrot, peas jeera rice. Clean and soak Basmati rice in to water for 15-20 minutes. Keep aside.
- Heat oil and ghee in a pan at medium heat. Add shah jeera and jeera. Once it gets brown in color, add cinnamon sticks, cloves, mace, green cardamom and star anise. Saute it for few sec. Add carrots and peas, saute it for 2-3 minutes.
- Add soaked rice, saute for one minute.
- Transfer it into rice cooker. Add 2-1/4 cup of water into rice cooker. Add salt to taste. (if you are making in a pot, add water in it and let it cook at low to medium heat till rice absorb all water and gets cooked well.)
- Place it in a microwave for 25 minutes or cook it in an electric rice cooker.
- Once its done, take out from microwave. Let it covered for 10 minutes before serving.
- Serve it hot with daal, chicken curries or veg curries.
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