Jeera Rice with out onion

Ingredients:
Basmathi rice 2 cups
Water           3 cups
Green Chillies 3
Jeera or Cumin seeds 1 table spoon
Bayleaf  3
Cloves 2
Cinnamon 1 inch piece (break it into 3 to 4 pieces)
Oil     1 and 1/2 table spoons
Salt as needed 


Preparation:
1. Wash and soak rice in water for one hour or at least half an hour.
2. Cut green chillies into length wise pieces.
3. Heat a pan and add oil after the oil is heated add the cloves, bay leaf ,cinnamon stick and cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds slightly  change color switch off the stove.
4. Drain the water from the soaked rice. 
5.  In a cooker or rice cooker add the rice, water, cloves ,bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cumin seeds with oil , green chillies and salt .


NOTE: For basmathi rice we generally use 1 and1/2 cup for 1 cup rice . Adjust accordingly .