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To stir or not to stir: what to do with rice while cooking to make the porridge tastier – a note for gourmets
31.01.2024 07:17
Some people stir rice frequently while it is cooking.
Other cooks do nothing at all with heat-treated grains.
Others stir the contents of the pan only at the very beginning of preparing the side dish.
Who is doing the right thing? In which of these three cases will the rice porridge be more appetizing?
These questions were answered by the expert of the online publication Belnovosti in the field of cooking, chef, fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova .
Should rice be stirred while cooking?
It is enough to do this only once. Frequent stirring of the contents of the pan during the preparation of rice porridge does not lead to anything good.
The shell of the grains is damaged. But it is necessary to take into account that the corresponding layer is delicate: it is very easy to destroy it.
Due to the damaged shell, a lot of starch will get into the water. The result is not a crumbly and appetizing side dish, but a lumpy and tasteless mass.
How to cook rice correctly
You need to wait until the water poured into the pan begins to boil.
Immediately after this, the fire should be reduced to minimum, after which the required amount of cereal should be poured into the container.
Once this is done, the contents of the container must be stirred: such procedures cannot be carried out in the future.
Stirring at the beginning of cooking is necessary to prevent grains from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
Earlier, cooks were told why salt should be added when boiling eggs.
