Jeera Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup basmati rice
2 teaspoons jeera powder (cumin seeds)
2 tablespoons cashews
3 peppercorns
2 bay leaves
3 cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
1 onion, sliced
2 tablespoons ghee
salt

Preparation

Wash the rice and soak in water for half an hour.
Heat ghee in a heavy saucepan, add cashew nuts. Fry until brown. Take them out and keep aside. Add onions, bayleafs, cloves, cinnamon sticks, cumin seeds, peppercorns to the same ghee and fry for a while.
Add the rice , salt, water and stir. Cover with a lid and simmer the flame.
Cook until the rice is done.
Serve jeera rice hot, topped with the cashew nuts, with any spicy curry or raita.