Rice is among the most consumed items all around the globe, and people like to eat rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There are several ways to cook rice, and hundreds of dishes can be made can be prepared from it. This article will find some simple tips for cooking basmati rice successfully every time.

Steaming Basmati Rice

Basmati rice can be steamed. With this cooking method, the grains do not stick or attach. Nutrients and vitamins are also preserved.

1. Whether in the basket of your casserole dish, your steamer, or to make basmati rice with the Cookeo, fill the appliance’s water tank.
2. After rinsing the rice, place it in the basket provided for this purpose.
3. After cooking, according to your tastes, you can then add a knob of butter.

Cooking Basmati Rice by Pan Absorption

It is also by absorption in the pan that this type of rice can be cooked. The texture is then greedy and thick. If you want sticky rice, cooking should take place in 2 to 3 times its volume.

Here are the key steps to know to properly cook basmati rice:

1. Count two volumes of water for one volume of rice. To make it easier, use a glass, for example.
2. Boil the water before pouring the rice into it. In particular, this prevents the grains from breaking.
3. Salt the water at the start of cooking so you don’t have to stir.
4. Stir occasionally to actually prevent the rice from sticking to the pan. As for the cooking time of basmati rice, count for about fifteen minutes.
5. Serve immediately after cooking. Indeed, good rice does not heat up. 

Cook the Basmati Rice Pilaf Style

Rice pilaf is prepared in a pan with fat, then in water. This cooking technique makes it possible to flavour the water with herbs or spices, for example.

1. First, pour a tablespoon of oil or a knob of butter into the bottom of the pan.
2. Then sauté the rice, using a wooden spatula, until translucent. At this stage, it is possible to add onions to give flavour without forgetting to add salt and pepper.
3. Then add 15 cl of water per person. Thus, for 200 g of rice for four people, then add 60 cl of water.

Rice pilaf is similar to cooking risotto. To prepare a risotto, however, it is necessary to add broth several times, waiting each time for the dose to be well absorbed.

 Cooking Wholegrain Basmati Rice

Brown rice needs to be rinsed to remove any impurities and an excess of starch, which is responsible for its sticky effect.

For cooking brown basmati rice:

1. Pour 350 g of rice into a container half filled with cold water.
2. Mix the water until it becomes cloudy, and then drain everything by passing the rice water through a strainer.
3. Then rinse the organic wholegrain basmati rice a second time, adding cold water. Then repeat the operation until the water is clear.
4. Then put 600 ml of cold water on the rice and leave it to stand for half an hour. It will then be softer. Drain the water from the container again.
5. Then take a saucepan and pour 600 ml of water into it. Put it on the fire, covering the pan, salt and add the 350 g of rinsed rice.
6. When the water begins to boil, reduce the heat and cook for about twenty minutes, covering the pan until the water is well absorbed.

How Much Basmati Rice per Person?

You usually need 50 g of basmati rice per person, and you can use a standard water glass if you don’t have a measuring cup. To quickly measure 50g of rice, fill a standard glass halfway, and a full glass thus corresponds to two servings of rice.

And be aware that once cooked, the rice will ultimately represent a larger quantity. 50 g of raw basmati rice is approximately 100 g of cooked rice. A good amount of rice is about a quarter of the plate, with half of the vegetables and a final quarter of vegetable proteins such as lentils, chickpeas and other legumes.

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