Basic Recipes > Boil Rice
2 cups of cold water
pinch of salt
saucepan with tight fitting lid
(see measure conversions for more information)
- Simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Remove from the heat.
- Put the lid onto the saucepan (if it does not fit tightly, place a clean tea cloth over the pan and push the lid down over it).
- Leave to stand with no heat at all for about 15 minutes or until all the water has been absorbed and the rice is separate and fluffy.
If you have a question or comment relevant to this page, then please post it below.
Comment Script
How to boil rice (for 2-3 people):
When cooked correctly, long grain rice should be dry and fluffy white separate grains. It is the ideal accompaniment for curries and chillies.Ingredients
1 cup long grain rice2 cups of cold water
pinch of salt
saucepan with tight fitting lid
(see measure conversions for more information)
Method
- Put the rice and water into the saucepan and bring to the boil.- Simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Remove from the heat.
- Put the lid onto the saucepan (if it does not fit tightly, place a clean tea cloth over the pan and push the lid down over it).
- Leave to stand with no heat at all for about 15 minutes or until all the water has been absorbed and the rice is separate and fluffy.
If you have a question or comment relevant to this page, then please post it below.
do i boil the water before i put it on the heat
#5 - shannon d - 11/17/2010 - 12:11
can you tell me if you have to rinse rice,if you dont can you can a bad stomach pauline
#4 - pauline - 09/05/2009 - 13:47
No,no lid until you take the rice from the heat.
#3 - mary - 11/02/2008 - 10:26
so you dont put the lid on the pan while you are boiling the rice for 10 minutes?
#2 - john - 11/01/2008 - 10:37
Always use twice as much cold water as rice.For example 1 cup of long grain rice should be cooked in two cups of cold water.
#1 - Jo - 10/10/2007 - 08:44
How don't have a correct ideea about how much water should be poured in different measurements of rice? Kindly guide me.
#0 - Erum Javed. - 10/10/2007 - 00:33
Powered by Comment Script
