How to cook rice crisp and tasty

The content of the article

• How to cook rice properly
• Crumbly
• To garnish
• In milk
• How to cook rice in a slow cooker
• How to cook rice for sushi

For many housewives, cooking cereals becomes a complex technology. With a competent approach, you need to take into account all the nuances – from the choice of grains to the length of time. You can cook rice in different ways, it depends on the destination – there are recipes for making porridge and side dishes. You can use the pot, slow cooker, double boiler and pan.

How to cook rice properly

There is a huge variety of ways to cook rice. There is an option to combine with vegetables, spices or eat without seasoning. To get a properly cooked cereal, you need to consider the type of grain:

• Long grain – cooked for 20 minutes, the ratio is 1: 2 (a double amount of water is taken per glass of rice). It differs in thin long grains – up to 10 mm in length, does not stick together, served with meat, fish, salads.
• Mid-grain – cooked for 15 minutes, infused for 10 minutes, proportion 1: 2.25. For the white type, pre-soaking for a third of an hour is necessary. It differs in small grains 5 mm long, oval in shape. Ideal for recipes for rice soups, pickle, porridge and pilaf, it is more viscous.
• Kruglozerny – it boils for a third of an hour, the proportion is 1: 2.5. Perfectly absorbs water and sticks together, indispensable for sushi recipes, casseroles.

Tips for cooking rice:

1. Under the conditions, cereals should be washed in a sieve with running water.
2. Put the whole volume in the pan, pour the water in the right ratio, salt, close the lid.
3. Simmer.

How to cook rice step by step:

1. Measure the groats, rinse in a colander until clear, flowing water.
2. Pour into an unenameled pot, pour cold water in the right ratio.
3. Salt, add spices, a spoonful of butter.
4. Cook over low heat under a tightly closed lid..
5. After evaporating the water, try, if the cereal is harsh, add 50 ml of water and cook for 5 minutes.
6. Serve boiled cereal with fish.

Crumbly

For many housewives, the biggest problem is how to cook friable rice. There are several ways, including in a double boiler:

1. Dry cereals should be sorted out, washed with running water, let the liquid drain.
2. Pour boiling water a centimeter above the grains, wait half an hour.
3. Pour out water, place the rice on the grid of a double boiler, fill the container to half. Flatten with a spoon. Pour water into a double boiler.
4. Leave to cook for half an hour in cereal mode.
5. After cooking, sprinkle with oil, put for 5 minutes under the lid without stirring.

How to cook rice in a microwave of Panasonic or another company so that it crumbles:

1. Rinse, lay in a bowl, pour salted boiling water 1: 2, cover with a lid.
2. Keep at full power for 5 minutes, stir, reduce power to 500 W, wait 14 minutes.
3. Steam for 20 minutes with the lid closed.

How to cook rice in a pan:

1. Pour water into a pan, add salt, add rice, pour a spoonful of oil per 100 grams of product.
2. Keep 17 minutes after the appearance of bubbles under the lid, let it simmer on medium but wide fire.
3. 2 minutes before ready to pour soy sauce as desired.
4. To get a golden dish, you can lightly fry the product before cooking, so that they do not boil.

Rice grains in a bag are ideally crumbly. The cooking time depends on the manufacturer’s instructions and the type of cereal. You can boil white steamed in a quarter of an hour, and brown in 25 minutes. First you need to boil the water in the pan: so that it covers the bag 2 cm, then lower the cereal. A tasty simple dish will be ready without stirring, guaranteed not to burn.

To garnish

The main function of rice is to use it as a side dish. For 4 people, you need a glass of cereal, from which you will get 400 g of the additive to the main dish. How much to cook rice as a side dish is up to the hostess herself. The average time is from a third of an hour, if you take cold water, up to 15 minutes, if there is boiling water. To make a beautiful delicious side dish of rice, as in the photo, you can tint it with spices – curry, turmeric or beetroot.

In milk

It will be useful for mothers with children to learn how to cook rice milk porridge. She can feed the child in the morning or serve for an afternoon snack. To prepare the dish you will need:

• round rice grains – 200 g;
• milk – 0.5 l;
• salt – 5 g;
• sugar – 15 g;
• butter – 30 g.

How to cook rice for porridge:

1. Rice grains do not need to be washed, immediately pour a glass of water, put on a small fire, stir to prevent burning. Hold until water is absorbed.
2. Pour in? glasses of milk, boil, leave minimal heat, stir.
3. As it thickens, add milk in small portions. Pour salt, sugar, add milk, cook until soft grains. Here you can add a little vanillin..
4. Add oil.
5. Serve with fruits, nuts, raisins – for taste and aesthetics, as pictured in cooking magazines.

How to cook rice in a slow cooker

It will be useful for everyone to learn how to cook rice in a slow cooker, because this technique has become popular with housewives. Procedure:

1. Rinse the cereals, put in a bowl, pour boiling water in a ratio of 3: 5.
2. Add salt, oil, set the grits mode (river, rice), cook until the end of the program.

How to cook rice in a slow cooker for a couple:

1. Rinse, dry the pictures, put in a container.
2. Pour water with a ratio of 1: 2, add pepper, turmeric, rosemary, salt.
3. Cook in a double boiler mode (2/3 hours), leave for 5 minutes with the lid closed.

How to cook rice for sushi

Fans of Japanese cuisine will need information on how to cook rice for sushi, so that it turns out, as in the photo. To do this, you need to take a special grade for rolls (Sen Soi, Japanese, Mistral) or the classic fine-grained round groats. Soak is necessary before cooking. Cooking is carried out in a ratio of 1: 1.5 lasts a third of an hour, plus the same amount will be required for drying.

You can also make a sticky filling for rolls using a slow cooker. This will require half an hour soaking for Japanese varieties, but this is not required for the round-grain type of cereal. You can cook rice grains in the corresponding mode. If there is no separate function, a combination of baking for 10 minutes and stewing is suitable – for 20. Water can be seasoned with a slice of nori for a delicious aroma and after ready to sprinkle the future roll with hot vinegar dressing for a sticky consistency.