200 grams to cups and oz9/3/2023 Use for all things Thai, Vietnamese dishes, stir fries, and use for fried rice like Nasi Goreng. If you skip this, the grains are wet and slightly hard in the middle įluff! Use a rubber spatula or rice paddle – this stops the grains breaking (Jasmine rice is softer than most white rices). Stand 10 minutes to let the rice finish cooking. You want the whole surface to be rippling, the edges bubbling and white foam ĬOVER and turn to LOW – Turn heat down and cover, cook 12 minutes. RAPID SIMMER – Put water and rice in saucepan, bring to simmer on high heat as fast as you can. Once you get the rice and water ratio right, then the steps are exactly the same as cooking normal white rice and basmati rice: Repeat 3 to 4 times – water will never be completely clear. Place rice in bowl, fill with water. Swish with hand then drain. If you need to rinse the rice to clean it, if you just can’t break the habit, or if your Asian mother would have your head if you didn’t, here’s how: For an extra 2% fluffiness, it’s just not worth it (in my humble opinion). No need to clean if you buy retail – If you buy rice at the store in shiny plastic packets, your rice should already be clean – and that includes less starch too. Only rinse IF you buy your rice direct from a rice farm, or similar, to remove debris and anything that night remain from the processing and It would not be noticeable to most people Rinsing vs no rinsing – rinsing yields a barely noticeable marginal improvement in fluffiness. If you rinse AND soak for 1 hour, you must reduce the water by 3 tablespoons (ie 1 1/4 cups minus 3 tablespoons) If you rinse, you must reduce the water by 2 tablespoons to factor in the extra water than remains in the rice (ie 1 1/4 cups water minus 2 tablespoons) No rinsing – if you use 1 1/4 cups of water for every 1 cup of jasmine rice, your rice will be fluffy even without rinsing NO it is not! I have made so much rice in my time verifying this exact fact. Yes, 1/4 cup really makes a difference! I made a lot of overly soft jasmine rice in my life that I was never really happy with until I finally figured this out.īusting an age old myth here – that rinsing the rice is mandatory for fluffy rice. So while most rice is cooked with 1.5 cups of water for each cup of rice, for jasmine rice, it’s reduced to 1 1/4 cups of water. What most people do not know is that jasmine rice is softer than most white rice, which means you need less water in order for the rice to cook so it’s soft and fluffy, rather than gummy on the outside. The secret for how to cook jasmine rice perfectly It’s also used to make Thai fried rice and Pineapple Fried Rice which is the other recipe I’m sharing today! It’s strongly associated with Thai food, and used for serving with everything from Thai marinated chicken to Chilli Basil Stir Fry, Satay Skewers and the many Thai curries out there. Jasmine rice is a lovely, subtly perfumed rice used across South East Asia. Also see How to Cook: White rice | Basmati Rice | Brown Rice How to cook Jasmine Rice
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