North Indian
Jeera Pulao (Cumin Rice)
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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
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the basmati rice and soak it for 20 minutes, then drain.
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Heat the ghee in a pot and let the cumin seeds, bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon sizzle and release their aroma.
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Add the drained rice and toss gently for a minute to coat the grains in the ghee.
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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.
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Rest for 5 minutes, fluff with a fork, garnish with cilantro, and serve.
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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 | Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils) |
| 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
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 72 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 7 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
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.
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