Spiced rice

Spiced rice

Course	Main dish
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Karnataka
Main ingredients	Rice
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Spiced rice is cooked rice where spices are added to give a distinct flavour. Spiced rice is common among the people of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka, and is seen in other parts of Asia.

Varieties of spiced rice

• Pulav or biryani
• Chitranna, rice sauted with ground nuts, turmeric,oil, mustard seeds and dry chilli.
• Bisi bele bath, rice sauted with vegetables and chilli powder.
• Ghee rice, rice sauted in ghee along with chilli, mustard seeds.
• Jeera rice, rice sauted with ghee or oil along with cumin seeds.

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