Basmati Rice with Cumin

The other day I was making a dish that called for 3 cups of cooked rice. Me being me I put three cups of uncooked rice into the rice cooker. Needless to say I ended up with a lot of extra rice. It actually turned out quite well because I have a new love affair with cumin (which is pronounced "comein" not "kyou-min" like I had been saying). Cumin is one of the ingredients in curry and is also found in most world cuisines that like are spicy. It is easy to see why with it's peppery, smoky, subtly spicy flavor. A little cumin packs a large punch so that is why on a small bowl of leftover basmati rice I added a tablespoon of soy sauce and a teaspoon of cumin and went to town. The cumin really adds a different flavor dimension to plain rice and soy sauce. It makes the rice seem a little bit more exotic and touch more gourmet. I would even make this for a side dish.