Eating well-prepared and delicious meals gives one good health and vice versa is true. You can lose your appetite for one of your favorite foods if it’s not prepared to the standard you expected. It’s therefore very crucial that we take note of ways to prepare certain meals.
However, this piece focuses on what you ought to do to enhance the taste or flavor of your rice before cooking it:
Rinsing the Rice
Using clean cold water, rinse the rice until the water runs clear. By doing this, you’re targeting removing excess starch that can make the rice overly sticky when cooking. Apart from that, rinsing helps in achieving a fluffier texture. But this depends on the type of rice you’re preparing because certain types might require starch for a creamy texture, so in those cases, you might skip this step.
Soaking the Rice
When you want to improve the texture of your rice while at the same time, you want to reduce the length of time your rice may take to cook, you can soak the rice for about 20-30 minutes. This also depends on the type of rice.
Putting the Right Amount of Water
This part is quite tricky for the majority of people, but it’s essential as it helps to determine whether your rice will evenly cook or not. Therefore, you need to do proper rationing of rice to water.
Different types of rice require different water-to-rice ratios.
Infusing Flavorful Ingredients
Because we aim to make sure we improve the taste of our rice, you might consider adding some flavors to the rice. This can be achieved in different ways including; using broth instead of water, adding aromatics like garlic, onions, or ginger while cooking, or even a dash of salt for seasoning etcetera.
Toasting the Rice
Lightly toasting the rice grains in a bit of oil or butter before adding the liquid can enhance the nutty flavor of the rice. Have you ever made Pilau or Biryani? If so, I’m sure you’re familiar with this step.
These are just but a few ways to achieve a better taste of your rice.
Remember, the best approach might vary depending on the type of rice and the specific dish you’re preparing. Now that you are informed, you can do experimentation and hopefully, you’ll achieve the best result