Saffron Cumin Rice - Kesar Zeera Rice

Cumin Saffron rice is pretty simple. It just jazzes up your regular rice and goes very well with richer lentil stews like kidney bean (rajma), garbanzo beans ( choley), black lentils ( urad dal).

2 cup of basmati rice
4 cups of water
3 tbspn ghee
1/2 tspn cumin seeds (zeera)
1 tspn salt
8 strands of saffron

1. cook 1 cup of rice in 2 cups water and 1/2 tspn salt. cook the remaining rice separately with the saffron and 2 cups of water.
2. when the rice is done , mix the saffron rice and the plain rice together. You get a medley of white and orange rice.
3. heat the ghee in a small saucepan. add the cumin when the ghee is hot.
4. when the cumin splutters and turns brown, add to the rice.
5. mix the rice so the ghee coats the rice grains evenly.