Spiced rice

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Spiced rice is cooked plain rice to which spices are added to give a distinct flavour. Spiced rice is common among the people of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka. Spiced rice is seen in other parts of Asia as well.

[edit] 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.