I must admit, my preference is for white rice, brown rice and then wild rice, I don't enjoy as much. I'm sure it's an education thing but I love the starchy flavour or white rice.

Phil, pasta I prefer to be fresh, but really love dried macaroni. Who would think size and shape would change the taste and experience so much?!

I like wild rice too, but its name is a little bit misleading (actually no rice) (:

Got some keralan Matta rice today, and will cook it at the weekend. Anybody tried this one before?

Looks promising 


www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXKHCaSBLGM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR2oV6hx3Vc

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEmfkBzIyi4

Also a tip for dal i just heard was to add turmeric and oil to the water before boiling to prevent it boiling over.
Dont think i've read that here before but then i dont eat enough dal these days, so it probably has been posted somewhere on this forum in the past.   

Hi DP,

What is the advantage of using this trick when cooking rice?

Thanks,
Goncalo

Quote from: goncalo on May 27, 2013, 01:52 AM
Hi DP,

What is the advantage of using this trick when cooking rice?

Thanks,
Goncalo

I dont know yet Goncalo, i haven't tried.

Oil in with the boiling rice (as with the dal tip) is supposed to help with boiling over too. 
Cant say its clicked in my head when i have added oil to the water to realise that it stopped the rice going over.(if it ever did) Usually i just add salt.

Hi all

Bit late in replying to this thread, but only just joined

I love rice nearly in a its forms, well, perhaps not as a desert.  Struggled for years to get just that "restaurant" taste and quality, until in desperation, my wife let me buy a good rice cooker, not cheap, but it did the job right from the first cooking.  It will also make cakes

I think though that the real secret in good rice is to clean it thoroughly, get all of the starch out, and then cook.

Ender

bugger all that boiling and soaking malarkey!

10 min pressure cooker perfect rice is the only way to go!

Agreed!
I follow Curry2Go e-Book Pilau pressure cooker recipe.
Only about 10 to 15 minutes for 10 or so portions.
Great every time but you must be careful not to over cook.
Tip> Turn off the heat when the safety lock pops up (On a Tower model)