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  Cumin Rice Jeera Rice - it's delicious! It's amazing how you can cook a fragrant and flavorful rice with nothing more than just a few cumin seeds. It's ready in no time and with minimal effort. It's the perfect recipe to make on days when you crave for something more than just plain rice.  Now there are many variations that you could make to this recipe by including other spices or may be an onion and / or add leaves such as the curry leaves or coriander leaves. I sometimes do so by including the ingredients that I have mentioned as Optional down below to my Jeera rice. But honestly - there isn't a need for it really - you have already taken the boring plain rice to a whole new level by adding just the cumin seeds alone. So What Do We Need?    2 cups of Basmati Rice - 1 cup is about 150 ml   Take a bowl. Put the rice in and fill the bowl ...

Banana Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam Pancakes - Do I really need to tell you all how good this recipe is. The name says it all. And its my go to recipe whenever I crave a pancake. So let's get to it. Banana PBJ Pancakes So What Do We Need ? 1.5 cups of Self raising Flour   - If you don't have self raising flour, you can always use all purpose flour with 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. 1 cup Milk 2 Eggs About 1/4 cup sugar - Adjust as per your sweetness level.  2 tablespoons Maple syrup or as desired. - This is optional. But I find that adding a bit of maple syrup to the batter gives it a really yummy flavor.  You can always reduce or increase the quantity of sugar and Maple syrup as per your liking.  1 Banana - In a bowl and using a fork, mash the banana really well with as little lumps as possible. 3 - 4 tablespoon Peanut butter 3 - 4  tablespoon Strawberry Jam   - You can ch...