This jeera rice recipe tastes like it came from your favorite restaurant; it is mildly spiced, fragrant and tastes too good with the earthy flavor of cumin and warming whole spices.

In this method, the rice grains are cooked first with whole spices. Then a tadka of tempered cumin and green chillies is added to the cooked rice and mixed. This method of making jeera rice is used in most restaurants.

Optionally, the rice can be cooked with some saffron strands to add some color and warming flavor.

This method is also useful if you have some leftover cooked rice that you want to dress up. If using leftover cooked rice, simply scale the ingredients accordingly depending upon the quantity of rice.