How to Cook Basmati rice

1. Basmati rice in pressure cooker

•  Wash Basmati rice well and soak it for half an hour.
• Drain the water completely.
• Add water in the ratio 1:2  means For 1 cup of rice, add 2 cups of water  and pressure cook for 3 whistles and switch it off .
• When the pressure goes off , open the cooker and fluff the rice gently with a fork so that the rice grains do not break and become mushy.

2. Basmati rice in a pan over stove 

• Use Basmati rice 1 cup and a pan with a lid
• Wash, soak rice for 30 minutes and drain the water completely.
• Bring 2 cups of water to boil. Add drained rice.
• Keep the flame in low and close it with a lid and cook
• Once the rice gets cooked, switch off the flame and let it sit for 5 minutes.Then open the lid and fluff the rice carefully with a fork .

3.Rice Cooker method

• Wash, soak rice for 30 minutes and drain the water.
• Add 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice in the vessel that comes with the rice cooker and switch on the rice cooker.
• It will switch off automatically once done or else you switch off the rice cooker once the rice is cooked.

4.Cooking rice with excess water over stove 

• After washing, soaking and draining the rice, instead of adding correct measurement of water, add more water than required and bring it to boil.
• Add drained rice, keep the flame low and cook.
• Once it is cooked, drain the excess water in a colander.
• Make sure that the water is completely drained before using the rice

 

Thanks

Anitha Varghese