Planning to Cook Rice? Prepare 2 Tea Bags: Here's What They're For

15.12.2023 06:20

Cereals, salt, water, saucepan, spoon and gas stove…

At first glance, this is the entire list of what is needed to prepare rice porridge.

However, experienced housewives also use tea bags.

What do these bags have to do with the popular side dish?

Why do you need tea bags when making rice porridge?

It turns out that you can cook rice not only with plain water and milk. You can use… tea as a liquid.

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If you cook cereal in this drink, the porridge will turn out very tasty.

You need to do the following: put a pot of water on a gas stove and turn on the burner. As soon as the liquid starts to boil, you need to put two tea bags in it.

After a few minutes, the bags need to be removed. And immediately after that, rice cereal needs to be poured into the boiling water.

In 20 minutes the porridge will be ready, distinguished not only by its bright taste, but also by its interesting appearance.

Rice porridge cooked with tea has a beautiful amber color.

Earlier we told you why you need to fry buckwheat before cooking.

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief