North Indian
Jeera Pulao (Cumin Rice)
Jeera Pulao (Cumin Rice) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 cardamom pods
- 3 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3.5 cups water
- 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Rinse the basmati rice and soak it for 20 minutes, then drain.
- Heat the ghee in a pot and let the cumin seeds, bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon sizzle and release their aroma.
- Add the drained rice and toss gently for a minute to coat the grains in the ghee.
- Pour in the water with the salt and bring to a boil, then cover and cook on low until the water is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
- Rest for 5 minutes, fluff with a fork, garnish with cilantro, and serve.
Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Jeera Pulao (Cumin Rice), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Jeera Pulao (Cumin Rice) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Masala Omelette |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains and Dairy
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Jeera Pulao (Cumin Rice) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on basmati rice, cumin, and ghee.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from North India, South India, West India, East India, and Northeast India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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