Various Ways to Cook & Prepare Rice

Rice is a staple food. This is prepared and consumed by a huge part of the world's population. This is perhaps one of the reasons why rice is being cooked in a variety of ways - this could be interesting most especially we eat this crop as part of our daily diet.

Here are some ways of preparing/cooking rice

Rice

Steamed rice

As for many, the best way to cook rice is through steaming. The process involves soaking a cup of rice in 1 ¼ cups of water in an hour then a cup of milk. After that it is placed into a container suitable for serving and then place it in a steam cooker or with a covered steamer of a kettle of boing water - to be steamed for an hour (stir occasionally using a fork in the first 10 minutes).

Soaked rice

Also known as rice cooking - the Japanese way. The process starts with cleansing with water by washing several times and then soaking it overnight. Then it is drained in the morning and placed in a container (ideally, a stewpan with tightly-fitting cover for cooking) and then an equal amount of water is prepared. Heat the water to boiling then add the rice, stir and then cover. When tender (when water has evaporated already) fire must be adjusted to minimal then remove it when you think the rice is good enough for eating.

Rice with fig sauce.

The process is the same as steaming. You have to steam the rice (like above) and when cooked serve it with a fig sauce. With that, you'll need a spoonful of the fig sauce with every saucer of rice and then add with plenty of cream - this requires no sugar. This is ideal for breakfast.

Orange rice.

We also have what we call 'orange rice'. The process includes washing and steaming rice. While having that, prepare a number of oranges by dividing into sections and cutting each part into halves - you need to remove the seeds and the white portion. Sprinkle the oranges with sugar. When rice is cooked, have a portion of your prepared oranges on every saucerful of rice.

Rice with raisins.

Carefully rinse a cupful of rice with water a couple of times and then soak it and then cook it with same instruction for steamed rice. After a several minutes - when rice swells and when it has softened, stir slightly using a fork and add a cup of raisins.

Above are some examples on how rice is cooked and prepared. You may want to add some ideas on this list. Go ahead. It's good to experiment.

Various Ways to Cook & Prepare Rice

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