Chef preparing Jeera rice at Nataraj restaurant, Rajasthan, in Pakistan

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Zeera rice or Jeera rice is an Indian dish consisting of rice and cumin seeds. This rice dish is known as "Zeera rice" in Pakistan. It is a popular dish in North India, an everyday rice dish. It is easy to prepare unlike a biryani. Jeera Rice / Jeera Pulao Recipe : Serves 2 Ingredients: Rice - 1 cup Water - 2 and 1/4 cups Onion - 1 chopped lengthwise Ghee - 1 tbsp Oil - 1 tbsp Salt- to taste To temper: Cloves - 1 Cinnamom - 1/4 inch piece Bayleaf - a small piece Jeera - 2 tsp Green chillies - 2 slitted Curry leaves - few Source : Wikipedia, http://www.sharmispassions.com/2011/05/jeera-ricejeera-pulao-punjabi-aloo.html This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The coll