Perfect White Rice
Fluffy White Rice How to cook white rice? How to prepare the perfect white rice? People keep asking me this question, so I decide today to tell you how to, step by step, make white rice. In Barranquilla (Colombia) is called “voladito” or “suelto” this will translate to something like Fluffy or Loose. Most people tell me that their rice is not loose. I hope that this article will help you become an expert in cooking the perfect white rice. I think that we all have different ways to prepare the simple white rice, and they are all valid ways. In fact, I differ from my mother, from whom I learned my love of cooking. It also makes a difference in which type of rice, or oil you use. This article is for to those people that are just starting in the art of cooking. The trick is to add the right amount of water to make it fluffy.
Equipment
- 1 pot
Ingredients
- 1 Cup of white rice long grain
- 1 ½ cup of water
- 1 tablespoon of grape seed oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- PLACE a cauldron on the stove at high heat and add the ingredients, rice, oil, salt and water.
- BRING to a boil and lower to medium heat.
- COOK without covering and without moving it until liquid is absorbed, until the water evaporates.
- STIR the rice when the water is absorbed, moving it from the edges to the center. This will assure that the rice will cook evenly.
- LOWER the heat to a very minimum.
- COVER the pot and let cook for about 15-20 minutes. It is important not to uncover the rice while is cooking. This will avoid that the rice hardens.
- UNCOVER the pot so you can see this succulent rice. You can fluff the rice with a fork.