Bagara Rice

Bagara Rice is a kind of biryani rice with very less spice and no vegetables. Bagara Rice will be a perfect combination for Non Veg curries,coz we prefer to have less spicy rice with spicy non veg curries.

Items Needed:

1.Basmati Rice - 2Cups
2.Chopped Methi and Pudina 1/2 cup (Fenugreek and Mint respectively)
3. Sliced Green chilies - 2
4.Curry leafs
5.Sayyi Jeera - 1/4 tea spoon
6.Cinnamon 1″
7.Pepper corns 3
8.Cloves 3
9.Bay leaf   2 small/1 big
10 Salt
11. Coriander powder -1/2 teaspoon
12.Garam Masala 1/2 teaspoon
13.Chopped Onions  - 2 small/1 big
14.Water 3 cups
15 Ghee 3/4 table spoon
16 Oil  3/4 table spoon
17.Jeera 1/2 teaspoon
18. Ginger Garlic paste 1/2 tea spoon
19 Chopped coriander leaves

Preparation Method:

1.Soak basmati rice for 30 min and soak Jeera in the 3 cups of water separately. Heat oil and ghee in a pan and add the following in the same order.Sayyi Jeera , Cinnamon , Pepper corns , Cloves , Bay leaf . Let them all fry well in the oil and ghee mixture.

2.Now add sliced green chilies and chopped methi and pudina leaves. wait for 2 minutes and then add curry leaves. Wait until the methi leaves become crispy in the oil. Then add chopped onions.

3.Saute them well for 5 minutes in low flame and then add ginger garlic paste, garam masala , coriander powder and let them cook for 2 min and add salt.

4.Now add the water in which we soaked the jeera. Now if we taste the water it should be little salty. Wait until the water boils and add the soaked rice. make sure that there is no water in the rice while adding coz even a little extra water in the rice could make it over cook and sticky .

5. Mix rice ,  twice carefully , do not brake the rice while mixing. Once all the water is dried up and rice is about to cook, add chopped coriander leaves and cover it with lid , until the rice cooks.

6.This tastes good when served hot with raita or any masala curry.

Note; Do not use pressure cooker for making any special kind of rice or biryani 's

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Thanks,
Mamatha