Steamed Rice – Plain Rice

Steamed rice is easy to cook. You need to just add the water proper measure. You can cook it using a pressure cooker or a rice cooker or you can also cook it in a pot on a stove.

I usually cook it in the pressure cooker. That saves time and fuel as I can cook the lentils and the vegetables too using separators.

If you are using long grain basmati rice, you need 1 ½ cups water for each cup of rice. For short grain rice, you will need about 2 cups of water for each cup of rice.

The quantity of water will depend on the variety of rice and also on how old rice is. New rice needs less water. Adding more water than necessary will make the rice too soft or like a paste. Adding too little will not cook the rice properly.

The rice is perfectly cooked when rice is cooked soft but each grain is separate.
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How to cook steamed-rice it in a pot:

Ingredients

• Rice – 1 cup
• Water – 2 cups
• Salt – ¼ tsp(optional)

Preparation

• Wash rice.
• Keep aside for 10-15 minutes.

Cooking Method

1. Keep a big pot(about 2 litre size) with 2 cups of water to boil.
2. When water starts boiling, add rice.
3. Stir, reduce flame.
4. Stir once in a while. Add salt. If you cover the pot, it may boil over so watch it. Or put a cover in such a way that the steam can escape a little. It will take about 15 minutes to cook the rice. Add a little water if necessary.
5. When the rice is almost done, Cover it and switch the flame off.

Leave the rice covered for 10-15 minutes or till serving time. Serve it hot with any lentil curry, dal, vegetable curry.

You can also use this rice to make lemon rice, tamarind rice, or tomato rice.

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