How to Cook Rice Recipe with step by step pictures. This rice is a beautiful variety of rice - which is fragrant, long grained so it should be cooked in special way. Follow these steps to cook perfectly a Basmati Rice.
How to Cook Basmati Rice
I never thought that i will share a post for cooking rice, even though i have a post for cooking rice for biryani. But one day when i was making fried rice, i happened to take some pictures of the rice which i made for that. I loved the picture a lot, i just want to share a post using that picture. And also i got mails from viewers asking me how i cook my rice for fried rice. So i thought this post will be useful.
Ingredients for How to Cook Basmati Rice
- Basmati Rice - 1 cup
- Salt - ½ teaspoon to ¾ tsp
- Water - 1.5 cup
Instructions for How to Cook Basmati Rice
- Take rice in a bowl and wash it really well with different changes of water. Now take it in a bowl and cover with water..
- Let it soak for a minimum of 15 mins, you can soak it up to 1 hour max.
- Now drain the rice, take it in a sauce pan. Cover with 1.5 cup of water, add some salt and mix well.
- Bring this to a boil, cover the pot and simmer to the lowest flame. Cook this for 12 to 15 mins by which time the rice must have absorbed all the water.
- Now open it and fluff it with a fork. Cover the pot again and leave to sit for 15 mins.
- Now you can fluff it and serve or use in your cooking.
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How to Cook Basmati Rice | Rice Cooking Method
Ingredients
- 1 cup Basmati Rice
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1.5 cup Water
Instructions
- Take rice in a bowl and wash it really well with different changes of water. Now take it in a bowl and cover with water..
- Let it soak for a minimum of 15 mins, you can soak it upto 1 hour max.
- Now drain the rice, take it in a sauce pan. Cover with 1.5 cup of water, add some salt and mix well.
- Bring this to a boil, cover the pot and simmer to the lowest flame. Cook this for 12 to 15 mins by which time the rice must have absorbed all the water.
- Now open it and fluff it with a fork. Cover the pot again and leave to sit for 15 mins.
- Now you can fluff it and serve or use in your cooking.
Notes
Nutrition
How to Cook Basmati Rice (Draining Method)
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| Wash and soak basmati rice for 1 hour |
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| Take water in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil |
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| Add in salt |
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| add in the drained rice |
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| mix well |
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| cook it on high heat.. |
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| after 3 mins it will look like this |
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| now keep on cooking |
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| the rice will elongate If you want for biryani, drain when the rice has little bite to it, If you want to cook for fried rice, cook for 1 more min.. I made this for having it with curry, so cooked it a bit more.. |
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| remove from heat |
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| drain it |
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| i covered it with a plate |
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| now the rice is perfect and fluffy..You can eat it now.. |
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| enjoy.. |
How to Cook Basmati Rice (Absorption Method)
I never thought that i will share a post for cooking rice, even though i have a post for cooking rice for biryani. But i thought this is a basic recipe which many of us struggle..I have shared cooking rice by draining method, so i decided to share how to cook rice by absorption method. And also i got mails from viewers asking me how i cook my rice for fried rice. So i thought this post will be useful. Hope you will try this out, and i used this rice to make a delicious chicken stir fry rice, so check it as well..
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Ingredients to Basmati Rice
- Basmati Rice - 1 cup
- Salt - ½ teaspoon to ¾ tsp
- Water - 1.5 cup
How to cook Basmati Rice
- Take rice in a bowl and wash it really well with different changes of water. Now take it in a bowl and cover with water..Let it soak for a minimum of 15 mins, you can soak it upto 1 hour max.
- Now drain the rice, take it in a sauce pan. Cover with 1.5 cup of water, add some salt and mix well.
- Bring this to a boil, cover the pot and simmer to the lowest flame. Cook this for 12 to 15 mins by which time the rice must have absorbed all the water.
- Now open it and fluff it with a fork. Cover the pot again and leave to sit for 15 mins.
- Now you can fluff it and serve or use in your cooking.
How to Cook Basmati Rice step by step picture
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| Measure your rice |
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| Use a good quality basmati rice |
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| Wash them well in several changes of water |
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| Soak them for 30 mins |
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| Drain them |
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| Add it to a sauce pan |
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| cover with water |
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| add salt to taste |
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| Mix well |
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| Heat it and bring to a boil |
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| Once it boils |
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| cover with a lid and simmer for 12 to 15 mins |
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| Now the rice has absorbed all the water |
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| Fluff it gently |
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| cover again and let it stand for 15 mins this makes the rice fluffy |
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| Serve with curries or you can use this in fried rice |
Tips & Tricks
- For making dum biryani add 1 cup water to 1 cup rice. Since you will be cooking it again during the dum process.
- For making fried rice add 1.5 cup of water to 1 cup rice.
- For serving it with curries, you can follow this proportion itself, but if you want little more softer rice, you can add upto 1 ¾ cup of water to 1 cup of rice. You can even add 2 cup of water to 1 cup of rice as well.
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Anonymous
Which brand basmati do you use? Everytime I cook basmati it gets mushed up big time...
will follow your way of cooking and see
Aarthi
@AnonymousI use india gate
Geetha Krishnan
I tried this, and the rice turned out just perfect. Thank you.