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How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - safetyboy - 11th March 2008

mine always ends up like custard JEDIcrying


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - droid - 11th March 2008

You should only add about 1.5-2 inches of water.

Or you could use one of these like every household in Japan:

[Image: 180px-Electronic_rice_cooker_with_scoop.jpg]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker

Can also be used to make bread!


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - beckett - 11th March 2008

you need to rinse it in water until you get most of the starch off of it before you cook it....stick it in a sieve and run it under the cold tap until the water runs clear....


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Macc - 11th March 2008

ken hom says to cover it with water, so that you have the end of the thumb up to the first knuckle's worth over the rice.

then drag a fork through it to get it off the bottom and just leave it.

seems to work too Xyxthumbs


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - safetyboy - 11th March 2008

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How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Sir Loris of Crowthorne - 11th March 2008

beckett Wrote:you need to rinse it in water until you get most of the starch off of it before you cook it....stick it in a sieve and run it under the cold tap until the water runs clear....

standard procedure really.

also, don't boil the rice, let it simmer.

once it's ready, drain and run some boiling water over it, then put it back in the pan, bung a paper towel over the top and stick the lid on for 5 or so minutes.

fluffy rice a la safety!


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Stacks - 11th March 2008

Good advice here - but if it ends up like custard you are cooking it way too long. IMO the packet instructions usually over-do the timing. Basmati shouldn't take longer than about 10 minutes - also remember, just like most things (pasta, noodles etc) , it is STILL COOKING after you take it out of the pan (unless you rinse it in cold water afterwards). So if you leave it sitting there for 5 minutes it will be like leaving it in the boiling water for about 3.

Stacks


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - droid - 11th March 2008

But seriously - use a rice cooker. Theyre cheap and easy to use, and most importantly, youll never have badly cooked rice again.


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Macc - 11th March 2008

rice cookers Falcon

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How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Ashes - 11th March 2008

droid Wrote:But seriously - use a rice cooker. Theyre cheap and easy to use, and most importantly, youll never have badly cooked rice again.

i agree


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - clinton - 11th March 2008

Rice varies soooo much I don't think there is a hard and fast rule. If you are unsure read the packet, but buy 1 brand find out how to cook it properly and stick to it.
Like beckett says, its best to wash before cooking it, and never stir rice while its cooking, even with risotto you shouldn't stir rather shake the pan.


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Ashes - 11th March 2008

some good advice here


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - UFO_over_easy - 11th March 2008

basmati - rinse in cold water to remove starch. melt a small amount of butter in your pan, let it cool, add rice and coat it with the melted butter. add a tiny bit of saffron. 1.5x cold water, bring to the boil, turn down the heat and whack on the lid. let it simmer till most of the water is boiled away - sorted. deliciously fluffy tasty buttery fragrant rice.

badman

also remember rice kinda carries on cooking itself in its own heat for a time after you've taken it off the hob and sieved it up


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Sir Loris of Crowthorne - 11th March 2008

UFO_over_easy Wrote:badman

surely you mean basman?

Lol


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - UFO_over_easy - 11th March 2008

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How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - mattrick - 11th March 2008

call me a philistine / lazy bastard, but i eat so much more rice since these have been around:

[Image: RRWGB.jpg]


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - safetyboy - 11th March 2008

mattrick Wrote:call me a philistine / lazy bastard, but i eat so much more rice since these have been around:

[Image: RRWGB.jpg]

That looks like my kinda way Hahaha


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Lephrenic - 11th March 2008

I admit to being a lazy chef these days. But I find Uncle Ben's has the consistency of Tic Tacs.


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - good morning captain - 11th March 2008

you can also get little microwave rice cooker's which are quite cheep, dunno if they still sell em thou? all u had to do was put the rice in this tuppleware container thingy (after rinsing it) and stick it in the microwave with some water for about 10 - 15 mins, the ken hom technique is also quite good, it's the way my dads cooked rice ever since he moved to this country (but i think my grandma told him not ken hom) dads rice is always perfect, althou we do have some crazy rice cooker that looks like a spaceship at the moment Icon_eek


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Slothrop - 11th March 2008

clinton Wrote:Rice varies soooo much I don't think there is a hard and fast rule.
Pretty much everyone I know who can cook rice says approximately the same thing - they tried a whole bunch of different methods that were advertised as 'foolproof' and none of them worked until they found one method that did. That one method is different for all of them. Sarcastic

I think like with a lot of cooking there are loads of variables that a method can't really take account of, so which method works for you depends on what sort of rice you use, what sort of pans you have, what you consider to be a 'high heat' or a 'low heat' or whatever...

I do it by washing the rice a few times (pour water over it, pour it off again, repeat) then sticking it in a pan, covering it with one knuckle joint of water (index finger, but I have tiny hands) and a bit of salt (grimmest thing ever - rice where you've forgotten to put salt in) and then boiling it until the water level comes down to the level of the rice, at which point you put a lid on it and put it over the lowest heat you can for ten minutes.

Quote:Like beckett says, its best to wash before cooking it, and never stir rice while its cooking, even with risotto you shouldn't stir rather shake the pan.
I didn't know that was the case for risotto.

I discovered risotto with proper arborio rice the other day - did a butternut squash and sage one. I've always associated risotto with that sort of stodgy undifferentiated mush cooked up with standard long grain rice that you end up making when you're a student, but the difference in doing one properly with white wine and aborio...
Homerdrool


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - DJFracture - 11th March 2008

i always use this method... Let the water absorb, leaving no excess. Kinda the same as when cook rice and pizzle http://www.deliaonline.com/cookery-school/how-to/how-to-cook-perfect-rice,1,AR.html

Don't fuck with delia! she comes thru every time.


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - UFO_over_easy - 11th March 2008

i watched a bit of delia with my dinner last night because I have no life but anyway it was shocking

fair enough, teach novices and help people with no free time to cook, but ready chopped carrot and swede and instant mashed potato? how hard is it to chop a carrot or boil a potato ffs... she's still really boring as well.


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Concept81 - 11th March 2008

ufo_over_easy Wrote:basmati - rinse in cold water to remove starch. melt a small amount of butter in your pan, let it cool, add rice and coat it with the melted butter. add a tiny bit of saffron. 1.5x cold water, bring to the boil, turn down the heat and whack on the lid. let it simmer till most of the water is boiled away - sorted. deliciously fluffy tasty buttery fragrant rice.

badman

also remember rice kinda carries on cooking itself in its own heat for a time after you've taken it off the hob and sieved it up

best advice yet. Xyxthumbs

cardomom pods are good with this too.


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - Stacks - 11th March 2008

UFO_over_easy Wrote:i watched a bit of delia with my dinner last night because I have no life but anyway it was shocking

fair enough, teach novices and help people with no free time to cook, but ready chopped carrot and swede and instant mashed potato? how hard is it to chop a carrot or boil a potato ffs... she's still really boring as well.

I bought the book (half price) and ended up reverse engineering some of the recipes. It's easier to chop a fresh mango than to go to M&S specifically for the jarred variety. It's actually not a bad book if you avoid the gimmickiness of it - i mean, do we really need a 'cheat's' Spaghetti Bolognese?

Stacks


How do you boil rice to make it nice and fluffy!! - thush-ara - 11th March 2008

macc Wrote:ken hom says to cover it with water, so that you have the end of the thumb up to the first knuckle's worth over the rice.

then drag a fork through it to get it off the bottom and just leave it.

seems to work too Xyxthumbs

yep thats how i do it, the secret is to leave it once boiled at let it cook