How do I make steamed Indian rice like at the India Garden restaurant Chain?!


Question: This should be easy... Its just steamed rice, but its got some spices in it. It looks kinda like little fennel seeds, and maybe a cardamon pod or two, and its got a slightly salty taste.

Please no cut & paste recepies with rasins or other vegetable matter... Ive googled enough disgusting looking concoctions. I just want to learn what spices to add to my rice to make it come out like it does in a plain North Indian restaurant.

Answers: This should be easy... Its just steamed rice, but its got some spices in it. It looks kinda like little fennel seeds, and maybe a cardamon pod or two, and its got a slightly salty taste.

Please no cut & paste recepies with rasins or other vegetable matter... Ive googled enough disgusting looking concoctions. I just want to learn what spices to add to my rice to make it come out like it does in a plain North Indian restaurant.
Use a good quality rice cooker and good quality Basmati rice. Good brands are Tilda, Royal, Arora....

Use a ratio of 1 cup rice: 2 cups water. The restaurants add a little butter or ghee and a pinch of salt when fluffing up the rice.

JEERA PULAO is what you are talking about. It's just cumin seeds. The easy way is to toss a tbsp or so of cumin seeds into the rice cooker with the rice. But the best way is the saute the cumin seeds in a little oil or ghee, add the rice (washed and very well drained). Stir until the rice becomes fragrant & shiny. Then add to the rice cooker with the appropriate amount of water.

That's it, very simple & tasty!!
Hi MD, Glad you got the 10 pts! I had deleted my original answer because "Isiah Grandson" had been copying my answers and just pasting them. He has done this to more than once. Anyway, he has been reported. PS: if you use ground cumin, it's a different type of pulao but just as tasty! Report It

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    • Didnt you steal that answer???
    The answer is Cumin seeds and the dish is called Jeera(cumin) rice or Cumin flavored rice.

    Video demo and detailed recipe:
    http://www.showmethecurry.com/2007/04/14...

    Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the video. Also, you can leave out the veges (they are optional)
    Enjoy!
    Hello

    Sesme Rice is very easy to make.

    1.Cooked Rice - 2 cups ( do not add salt while cooking)
    2.Sesme -1 spoon
    3.Cumin seeds
    4.Curry Leaves
    5.Red Chillies
    6.Cooking Oil 2 spoon
    7.Salt to Taste

    Heat the pan add cooking oil, add sesme, cumin seeds, Red chillies, Curry Leaves etc. Sesme ready start spurtled,
    Drop this Cooked Rice and mix it well with Salt.

    for more Coconut rice/Tomatoe Rice/Lemon Rice/Tamarind Rice/Rice with Coriander Chatni.

    subbunaicker@yahoo.co.in

    s.s.subbu
    Use a good quality rice cooker and good quality Basmati rice. Good brands are Tilda, Royal, Arora....

    Use a ratio of 1 cup rice: 2 cups water. The restaurants add a little butter or ghee and a pinch of salt when fluffing up the rice.

    JEERA PULAO is what you are talking about. It's just cumin seeds. The easy way is to toss a tbsp or so of cumin seeds into the rice cooker with the rice. But the best way is the saute the cumin seeds in a little oil or ghee, add the rice (washed and very well drained). Stir until the rice becomes fragrant & shiny. Then add to the rice cooker with the appropriate amount of water.

    That's it, very simple & tasty!!


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