How to cook rice like in Indian restaurants?
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They way its done in my family:
Measure rice - 1 mug does 3-4 people.
Wash rice 5-6 times. Leave in water while you do the next bit to pre soak.
Heat some oil in pan - very hot.
Add 1 onion cut fine.
Fry for c.10 min till very dark.
Add a bit more oil.
Rinse rice and drain well.
Add 1 tbsp. of cumin seeds - fry 20 seconds.
Add rice with 1tsp of salt or garlic salt if you wish.
Stir.
Throw in 1 bayleaf and 5-10 pepper corns.
Add 1.5 mugs of water from kettle. (or whatever you used to measure 1.5x)
Cover (do not un cover)
Leave on low heat for 15 min.
Eat.
Measure rice - 1 mug does 3-4 people.
Wash rice 5-6 times. Leave in water while you do the next bit to pre soak.
Heat some oil in pan - very hot.
Add 1 onion cut fine.
Fry for c.10 min till very dark.
Add a bit more oil.
Rinse rice and drain well.
Add 1 tbsp. of cumin seeds - fry 20 seconds.
Add rice with 1tsp of salt or garlic salt if you wish.
Stir.
Throw in 1 bayleaf and 5-10 pepper corns.
Add 1.5 mugs of water from kettle. (or whatever you used to measure 1.5x)
Cover (do not un cover)
Leave on low heat for 15 min.
Eat.
Perfect recipe works every time, I prefer it to most restaurants.
Basmati rice
I use 50g of uncooked basmati rice per person.
Oil fry 1/2 onion
add a teaspoon of cumin seeds 4 cardamom pods and a cinnamon stick
Add rice a pinch of salt ant twice the volume of water.
Cover bring to boil and keep simmering for exactly 10 mins (don't be tempted to lift the lid)
After 10 mins take the pan off the heat stir once, recover and leave for another 10mins to absorb the residual moisture.
Serve perfect rice.
Basmati rice
I use 50g of uncooked basmati rice per person.
Oil fry 1/2 onion
add a teaspoon of cumin seeds 4 cardamom pods and a cinnamon stick
Add rice a pinch of salt ant twice the volume of water.
Cover bring to boil and keep simmering for exactly 10 mins (don't be tempted to lift the lid)
After 10 mins take the pan off the heat stir once, recover and leave for another 10mins to absorb the residual moisture.
Serve perfect rice.
I've tried the several of the 'bung the lid on' over a low heat for n minutes with n amount of water and they were all unpredictable.
Using Tilda basmati rice I get perfect results every time.
I don't rinse the rice, just boil water in a large pan, add the rice, as it comes back to the boil stir then turn the heat down to a rolling boil.
Meanwhile boil a kettle of water.
After 10 minutes empty the rice into a fine colander over the sink, put the colander over the pan, pour over the kettle of water, then pour over the water in the pan.
Put the drained rice in the empty pan, bung a dinner plate on top and leave for 10 minutes.
The rice is always perfect with the added bonus of a hot dinner plate.
Using Tilda basmati rice I get perfect results every time.
I don't rinse the rice, just boil water in a large pan, add the rice, as it comes back to the boil stir then turn the heat down to a rolling boil.
Meanwhile boil a kettle of water.
After 10 minutes empty the rice into a fine colander over the sink, put the colander over the pan, pour over the kettle of water, then pour over the water in the pan.
Put the drained rice in the empty pan, bung a dinner plate on top and leave for 10 minutes.
The rice is always perfect with the added bonus of a hot dinner plate.
Not exactly Indian restaurant but for any type of rice apart from risotto I have a simple method.
I just cook add one cup of rice to two cups of boiling water in a microwavable glass bowl, cover and blast it in the microwave for ten minutes. I then leave it for another ten minutes. Perfect rice every time. That does for 2-3 people in my opinion, but I do like a lot of rice
I just cook add one cup of rice to two cups of boiling water in a microwavable glass bowl, cover and blast it in the microwave for ten minutes. I then leave it for another ten minutes. Perfect rice every time. That does for 2-3 people in my opinion, but I do like a lot of rice
All far to complicated IMHO.
One measure (cup mug or whatever it's the ratio that counts) of good basmati rice to two of cold water, put on medium heat for 8-10 minutes with lid firmly on. Turn off heat and flake over prior to serving, works every time. If you want it yellow, add a teaspoon of turmeric to cold mix, likewise if you want anything else, onions etc, fry off in pan first then add the 1-2 rice water mix as before. Always works, so simple.....
One measure (cup mug or whatever it's the ratio that counts) of good basmati rice to two of cold water, put on medium heat for 8-10 minutes with lid firmly on. Turn off heat and flake over prior to serving, works every time. If you want it yellow, add a teaspoon of turmeric to cold mix, likewise if you want anything else, onions etc, fry off in pan first then add the 1-2 rice water mix as before. Always works, so simple.....
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