Question

What items are used to prepare cooked rice?

Answer 1

Two things happen as rice cooks: water gets soaked into the grain, and the starch is enhanced by fire.

Complete Answer:
- Cooked rice refers to rice that either by steaming or boiling has been cooked. There are also widely used words for steamed rice or boiling rice. It is possible to use any variant of Asian rice (both Indica and Japonica varieties), African rice or wild rice of any colour, glutinous or non-glutinous, long, medium, or short-grain.
- Whole grain or milled rice is used for cooking. Before being fried, rice is always rinsed and soaked. It takes more time to soak unpolished brown rice than milled white rice did. Based on several things, the amount of water applied can vary.
- Newly harvested rice normally needs less water, and more water than firmer varieties is needed for softer varieties. In heavy-bottomed cookware, rice can either be boiled or steamed in a food steamer.
- Some boiling techniques do not require accurate calculations of water, as after boiling, the rice is strained.
- For the less glutinous varieties such as basmati rice, this draining approach is suitable, but not suitable for varieties such as japonica rice that become sticky when cooked to any degree.

Note: Optionally, prior to frying, a slight amount of salt should be added. Boiled rice is normally boiled on high heat to a rolling boil if not cooled, then simmered with the lid on, and steamed over the remaining heat after the heat has been turned off. Electric rice cookers are more widely used nowadays to cook rice. Rice absorbs water during cooking and increases in volume and mass.