Boil the rice for 20 minutes after boiling the water over low heat under a lid.
How to cook rice
Basic recipe in a saucepan
Mug (250 grams) rice, 2 cups water
- First of all, measure out the rice – for 3 rather large portions of the side dish, one mug is enough – this is about 250 grams, if you take a regular Ikeev mug almost to the brim.
- Pour the rice into the pot – note that the cereal barely covers the bottom. In just half an hour, the picture will change dramatically. ?
- Rinse the rice – for this, put some water in a saucepan – and carefully grind the grains together.
- After a few minutes, the water will become as in the picture, but this will not last long.
- After a minute of rinsing, drain the cloudy water – and rinse again, the water will become completely transparent, which means you can start cooking rice.
- Finally, drain the water with which you washed the rice – you will need fresh water for cooking.
- Measure out the cooking water – for 1 cup of rice 2 cups of water, and pour it over the rice in a saucepan.
- Place the pot on low heat and cover. The rice will cook in 20 minutes after boiling, but just in case, try a little before turning off the heat.
- That’s all, after 20 minutes and a control check for readiness, the rice is cooked and completely ready to eat. The photo shows that 1 grams were obtained from 684 glass of rice – this means that the rice increased almost 3 times during cooking.
- At the last stage, you can add a cube of butter, a little salt and spices to the rice, mix and insist for another 5 minutes under the lid.
How long to cook rice for salad?
Cook rice for any cold salads that are no longer amenable to heat treatment until cooked.
How long to cook rice for hedgehogs?
Cook rice for hedgehogs until half cooked, that is, 10 minutes less than usual. Blind hedgehogs will languish in the sauce for a long time – the rice will definitely have time to cook.
Rice in a bag
Cook white parboiled rice in a bag for 12-15 minutes, brown rice – 20-25 minutes. Dip the rice in a bag into boiling water – so much water that the water with a margin of 2 centimeters covers the rice with a bag. After the rice is cooked, hold the bag over a saucepan for a minute to drain the water, open the bag and pour the contents onto a plate.
More ways to cook rice
In the microwave
The method is even faster than the classic one in a saucepan, but the rice turns out to be a little drier: the rice is poured with cold water in a microwave container and covered with a lid or flat plate. At a power of 700-800 W, cook rice for 5 minutes, then stir and cook for another 13 minutes, then leave the rice under the lid for 5 minutes.
The recipe in the multivariate
Send rice and water to the multicooker pan, set the gadget to the “buckwheat”, “cereal” or “rice” mode, cook until the signal is ready.
Method in a multicooker for steam
Cook the rice in a special container for rice with the “steaming” mode for 40 minutes, leave with the multicooker lid closed for 5 minutes.
In a double boiler
Pour rice for crumbling with boiling water with a margin of 1 cm, and soak for 30 minutes. Then transfer the rice to the steamer rack, level, fill the steamer reservoir with water, and cook for 30 minutes.
Frying pan method
Put the frying pan on the fire, add boiling water, salt and add rice in a ratio of 1: 2; pour a tablespoon of vegetable oil into half a glass of rice, cook for 20 minutes after boiling water under a lid over low high heat.
Rice Cooking FAQ
What if the rice turns out like porridge?
There are several options:
1. If rice is prepared, for example, for pilaf or another dish where crumbly rice is critical, then it is necessary to cook the rice from scratch. If all the cooking conditions have been met, you should take another rice for cooking, suitable for the dish.
2. “Porridge” in the morning can be fried with an egg, or cook a rice casserole.
3. Boiled rice is suitable for cooking stuffed peppers or cabbage rolls.
4. You can also cook soup on rice “porridge”.
Do I need to stir the rice while cooking?
Not only is it unnecessary, but also impossible. If you stir rice during cooking, it turns into porridge.
What to do with undercooked rice?
If the rice has been cooked for the prescribed time and under a closed lid, add a quarter glass of water and cook for another 3 minutes. Then taste the rice and repeat the procedure if necessary.
If it turns out that the cooked rice yesterday turned out to be dry, boil the rice with water and oil – it will become softer after 5-7 minutes of cooking.
If the cooled rice for sushi turned out to be undercooked, then it is almost impossible to cook it, because its property to stick together after additional cooking will no longer be restored.
What if the pot is out of water and the rice is not ready yet?
If the water has evaporated, and the rice is dry, you need to add boiling water (half a glass of boiling water for 1 glass of rice), without stirring the rice, and cook the rice for another 3-4 minutes, then taste it.
How to give your rice a beautiful color?
You can color the rice by adding spices. To turn the rice yellow, you need to add curry or turmeric (for 1 cup of raw cereal – 1 heaped teaspoon). To cook burgundy rice, after boiling it is recommended to fry it with a small amount of beets (1 glass of rice – 1 medium beet). For an original serving, you can cook part of the rice yellow, part burgundy – and mix or serve on a plate next to it.
How long rice do you need for 2 and 4 servings?
For 4 large portions of rice garnish, 1 cup of cereal is enough.
How many times does rice increase during cooking?
When boiling, rice increases in volume by 3 times. The weight is about the same – from 150 grams of raw cereals you get 400-430 grams of boiled rice.
How to store boiled rice?
Rice is kept covered for 3-4 days in the refrigerator.
Eat old rice, can you boil it?
If the rice is old, it will most likely be porridge, such rice is not recommended to be washed, it is better to use it for mashed soups and cereals.
Rice varieties and cooking times
– Long grain rice: thin grains, up to a centimeter long, does not stick together during cooking, eaten with meat or fish. Cook for 20 minutes, the proportion of water and long grain rice – for 1 cup of rice 2 cups of water.
– Medium grain rice: small grains, half a centimeter long, oval, cooked in soups, paellas and risottos, cereals and pilaf. More viscous when cooked. Cook translucent medium-grain rice for 15 minutes, then leave under the lid for 10 minutes. Soak white medium-grain rice in water for 20 minutes, then cook in the same water for 15 minutes. The proportions of water and medium grain rice – for 1 cup of rice 2,25 cups of water.
– Round grain rice – rice with round grains, sticks well during cooking, so it is ideal for making sushi and casseroles. Cook for 20 minutes after boiling. The proportions of water and round grain rice – for 1 cup of rice 2,5 cups of water, because it absorbs moisture very well.