Jeera Rice or Zeera Rice is a name given to a rice dish where long grainy rice is cooked with tempered cumin seeds and condiments and garnished with coriander leaves which serve as an accompaniment with several Indian curries. Served mostly in the North Indian states and countries of the Indian subcontinent such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. ‘Jeera’ is an Indic word for Cumin seed which is used as a tempering ingredient in many of the Indian cuisines and has several health benefits as well.