Steamed Rice. The rice will be studded with steam holes when ready. Add rice, salt and oil and boil hard until you see big rounds of boiling rice, approximately three to four minutes. Add salt (if using), stir to incorporate, cover, and reduce heat to low.
Rice can be served with any gravy of your choice, dal, sabzi or any other type of curry.
People always ask why my rice comes out perfectly, even though I don't use a rice cooker.
Siu Siu Korzilius, my Chinese cooking teacher, taught me that the secret to flaky rice is in the washing.
You can have Steamed Rice using 2 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Steamed Rice
- Prepare 2 cup of White rice.
- You need 2 cup of Water.
Rice must always be washed before it's cooked to remove the excess starch which keeps it from being sticky. For brown rice, follow these same instructions but add more water (to several inches over. Bring the water to a boil and add the rice, salt to taste, and butter or oil, if desired. Saute rice in butter just until translucent and very lightly browned.
Steamed Rice instructions
- Wash your rice until the water runs clear. Take care not to waste a single grain. 1 cup of raw rice yields about 3 cups of cooked rice..
- Pour rice into a strainer and drain well..
- Place rice in the bowl of your rice cooker and add fresh water. My rule of thumb for white rice is to cook in 90% water by volume. In this case, .90 x 1 1/2 cups rice rounds out to about 1 1\3 cups. Over time, search for the ratio that works best for your specific rice cooker, batch size, and variety of rice..
- Give the bowl a little shake to settle the rice evenly, then cover it up and set it in the rice cooker. Hit the button and wait for the *ding*..
- The final and most important step is to do a better job next time. In the kitchen, there is no task so small as not to warrant your fullest effort..
Add chopped onion, and continue sauteing until onion is translucent, stirring frequently to prevent onion from burning. Drain any excess butter or olive oil. Add stock or water carefully to prevent steam burns; it WILL blow steam! Chinese Steamed Rice is a really simple and easy recipe that's the PERFECT side dish to any main course. You don't need any special equipment, just a pot with a lid and some water set to simmer until the rice is cooked through.