How To Cook Fluffy Rice

Here’s an easy step-by-step tutorial on how to cook rice that is perfectly fluffy, non-sticky, with well separated grains. It always comes out perfect and you will hopefully reduce buying pre-cooked rice/microwave rice from the supermarket.

Now make rice so you can make this delicious Lemon Rice

Or pair it simple with the following dishes:

• Daal Tadka recipe
• Easy Chana Masala
• Vegan Paneer Butter Masala
• Vegan Palak Paneer
• Easy One Pot Daal Recipe
• Achinga Kaya Mezhukkupuratti – Green Bean Plantain Dish

Fluffy Rice

This is a foolproof technique to cook perfect non-sticky rice to compliment your tadka daal, sambar or Chana Masala.

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 13 minutes mins

Total Time 38 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup raw rice like basmati rice, jasmine rice etc.
• 1 ¾– 2 cups water

Instructions

 

• Take 1 cup of rice in a bowl and pour water into it.
• Rinse this uncooked rice rubbing between your palms and save the water to water your plants.
• Repeat several times until the water turns clear
• Optionally, soak this rice in water for about 20-30 minutes.
• Then, drain the water from the soaked rice.
• Add the rice in a large pan with water covering enough so that when you lay you hand on top of the rice, your fingers are covered in the water.
• Bring it up to boil, turn the heat down and cover with a lid and
• Let this cook for about 8 minutes if soaked or 10 minutes if un-soaked.
• After 8 or 10 minutes, turn off the heat and let it sit covered for 5 minutes.
• Then remove the lid and fluff up the rice with a fork.
• Serve with some daal or sambar or chana masala and enjoy!

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