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Friday, December 20, 2013

Cooking Rice in Pressure cooker

 

My wife recently showed me that I have been cooking rice the wrong way all along. I cook rice the way I saw my mother do it, the way I guess every Indian kitchen does it: Boil rice for about 20-30 mins until done. That takes about 30 minutes of cooking time, and the cooking gas that goes with it. Sometimes I use the microwave, when I am in a hurry. I can just set the micro to cook for 20 mins and go take my bath and get ready.

But if you have a pressure cooker at home, its the easiest way to cook rice.

  1. Add 1 cup rice
  2. Add 1.5 cups water
  3. Pressure cook until the first whistle. Single whistle ! It takes about 3-5 mins
  4. Turn off the gas, let the contents cook for another 4 mins
  5. Strain the water off using perforated ladle/container
  6. Done !

I am using this trick to get my cooking done now. It takes only 3-5 minutes of gas. At least for me, the rice is perfectly cooked, there is no mess.

Off I go now…to lunch.