Ingredients

• 2 cups - rice (any long grained rice like basmati)
• 1/2 cup - grated ginger
• 3 - green chilies (chopped fine)
• 2 tsp - cumin seeds (jeera)
• turmeric powder (small pinch)
• 5 to 6 cups - water
• 2 tbsp - oil
• salt to taste

How to Make Fresh Ginger Rice

• Wash the rice and boil it with little salt. When the rice is almost cooked, drain out the water. In a pot, heat the oil and cumin seeds till they splutter.
• Add chopped green chillies and turmeric powder.
• Add rice and mix well to get an even light yellow color.
• To avoid the breaking of rice at this stage, use a fork to mix the rice well.
• Using a lime squeezer or your hand, squeeze the juice of the grated ginger over the rice. Mix lightly.
• Take the mashed ginger in a small piece of cloth and tie it nicely and place it on the rice and cover the pot.
• Let the rice cook on low flame for about 7 to 10 mins.
• While serving, remove the mashed ginger in cloth and then serve hot.
• Tastes excellent with any raitha or kurma.