Rice is the staple food in South India. Depending on their personal preferences, people may consume raw rice or par-boiled rice. Traditionally, rice is cooked in a narrow mouthed metal pot (வெண்கல பானை) with lot of water. Once the rice is cooked well excess water is drained through a plate with holes (சிப்பல்). With the advent of pressure cooking, it is very easy to cook rice in 5-10 minutes. Learning to cook rice is the first lesson in South Indian cookery. Let us see how to cook raw rice.
Ingredients:
Water – 2
measures (if you need the rice to be soft, you may use 2.5 to 3 measures of
water)
Method: Wash the
rice well in a suitable vessel. Add the required quantity of water and place in
a pressure cooker. After pressure builds up and the cooker starts to whistle,
keep the fire on for 5 minutes, if your cooker whistles continuously or for 5
whistles if your cooker whistles intermittently. If you prefer the rice to be
soft, you may pressure cook the rice for longer duration – 6 or 7
minutes/whistles.
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