Every housewife knows that for the preparation of various dishes, different varieties of rice are used. In order for the rice not to stick together, but to crumble during cooking , it is best to take basmati rice. It has long grains of a beautiful shape and in preparation it turns out very fragrant and beautiful. A significant drawback is its high cost, but, believe me, you will not regret it.
How to cook rice, every housewife should know. The first rule - to determine the amount of rice taken, take a measuring cup. The second rule - the amount of water added to the rice should be more widowed by volume than the amount of cereal taken. Water can be replaced with broth. These rules must be observed in order to properly cook loose rice.
In order for the rice to cook quickly, it is advisable to have a large volume pan on the farm, since the rice layer should be thin and the space occupied by it should be large enough. Since you need to cook rice properly with the lid closed, so pick a lid of suitable sizes so that it completely covers the pan. After preliminary preparation, we proceed to cooking.
1) Pour vegetable oil onto the bottom of the pan. Since you need to cook rice for a side dish, taking into account a beautiful serving, it is recommended to fry finely chopped onions in hot oil. Some housewives prefer to fry the onions and add pre-boiled vegetables (string beans, corn, peas) to it, and some generally refuse any additives. Even if you are cooking without vegetables, mix the oil with rice so that it is completely saturated. This will prevent grains from sticking together. Recommendation: do not wash the rice - it has already been washed at the factory, and the additional heat treatment will become a secondary “disinfection” of your dish.
2) After a little frying of rice, add hot and salted water to it (1 teaspoon per 150 ml of water). You need to know how to cook rice for a side dish, and it is better to do it on a broth whose taste should match the taste of the meat served with it: if rice is a side dish to fish, then the broth should be fish, if beef is beef, etc. Discard the bouillon cubes, as the flavor of the rice itself is lost.
3) Since you need to cook rice properly in a closed pan, after adding the liquid, it is stirred only once to avoid the release of starch, which leads to the sticking of grains. After that, cover the pan, reduce heat to a minimum and set the timer for a quarter of an hour if using white rice, for 40 minutes if basmati .. Now you have time to cook another dish, read a new book, watch a series, etc. .
4) After the allotted time, check the readiness of the rice - if the grain is hard, continue to cook.
5) After mastering the process of how to cook rice, as well as the belief in its readiness, remove the pan from the stove, replace the lid with a towel that absorbs residual moisture. Hold the towel for about 10-15 minutes.
Before serving, loosen the rice with a fork or spatula, pour it on a large dish with a slide, or serve immediately with meat.
If you are less picky about cooking, you can properly cook friable rice in a pan with the calculation of 1 cup of rice for 1.5 cups of water. Water can be replaced with broth or use the broth cube by dissolving it in water. Be sure to add butter, which will make the rice crumbly. Cover the pan tightly with a lid and keep it on the smallest fire for a quarter of an hour, then remove and let the rice “reach”. It is not necessary to open the lid so as not to release valuable heat.
With this recipe, any housewife will be able to turn lunch or dinner into a holiday. Do not put off for long, try it today.