Ingredients
1 cup basmati rice
1 3/4 cups water
Large pinch salt
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| Cooked Basmati Rice/ photo: lovetobeinthekitchen.com |
Directions:
Wash the rice
Place the rice in a large bowl and fill with fresh, room temperature water.
Swirl your hand through the water and the rice; the water will go cloudy. [That's all the starch that we're trying to remove in order to have individual grains of rice]
Once you've swirled your hand around for a minute or so, pour off the water, taking care not to lose any rice.
Repeat this washing process until the water runs clear. Usually, this takes 3 or 4 changes of water.
Fill up the bowl 1 more time and let the rice soak for 30 minutes.
At the end of 30 minutes, drain the rice.
Fill a medium saucepan with 1 3/4 cups water, add a pinch of salt, and bring to a boil.
Add the rice, stir, and wait until the water comes back to a full boil. When it does, turn the heat down as low as it can go, and then cover. Cook for 15 minutes.
At the end of 15 minutes, cut the heat. Let the rice sit for 5 minutes.
Fluff with a fork.
Total Time: 55 min
Prep: 5 min
Inactive: 35 min
Cook: 15 min
Yield: about 4 cups
Level: Easy
Recipe courtesy of:
Aarti Sequeira
