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Using boiling water: what unforgivable mistakes do housewives make when cooking pilaf
28.06.2024 20:25
If you decide to use boiling water when cooking rice, you should not complain that instead of a dish in which rice grains separate from each other, you get an incomprehensible porridge.
Expert of the online publication BelNovosti, chef Yulia Arkhipova, told what should not be done so as not to nullify all the efforts spent on cooking pilaf.
Use dirty rice
Before cooking, rice grains must be washed, and in several waters, to remove starch. It is this "component" that turns rice into porridge.
Pour water as needed
Firstly, crumbly rice requires only cold water.
Cold water should be poured into the cauldron, and the rice grains should be washed in cold water.
And secondly, even the way you pour this water matters. You should do it carefully, along the wall of the cauldron, so that in the end the water level is two fingers higher than the rice level.
Earlier, the expert told how to cook cabbage rolls so that they turn out truly tasty.
