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How do you cook perfect rice? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by TheOtherJake@beehaw.org to c/food@beehaw.org

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Tell me the details like what makes yours perfect, why, and your cultural influence if any. I mean, rice is totally different with Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, and Persian food just to name a few. It is not just the spices or sauces I'm mostly interested in. These matter too. I am really interested in the grain variety and specifically how you prep, cook, and absolutely anything you do after. Don't skip the cultural details that you might otherwise presume everyone does. Do you know why some brand or region produces better ingredients, say so. I know it seems simple and mundane but it really is not. I want to master your rice as you make it in your culture. Please tell me how.

So, how do you do rice?

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[–] nafri@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For me as Indonesian, it's Nasi Uduk (Flagrant Rice). This one is smell so nice and perfect with spicy food. It's fairly easy, so you cook the rice with simple rice cooker with that middle finger trick. Then you put: coconut milk, salt, lemongrass, and Salam leaf (idk what it called in english), which already been boiled. And then, cook the rice with those ingredients.

The rice that I probably recommend is Basmati rice, because it doesn't stick like Jasmine rice.

Any other Indonesian can correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not a cook.

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[–] lespea@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

If you have an instant pot (they're 100% worth it imo) just follow this: https://greenhealthycooking.com/instant-pot-rice/

[–] FocusedFranklin@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Make sure to buy good rice. I decided to get the store brand rice. It's just rice, right? Wow there is a noticeable difference in taste, also I got sick of picking random black things out of it while I was washing it.

[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I love sticky rice. You're supposed to steam it, but I just soak it for 40 minutes and then cook it in a rice cooker. Comes out alright.

[–] scripty@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

I use this method because I don't have a rice cooker and it works really well.

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