Topic: surplus rice

[noble ox]

Hi All
What do you do with leftover rice ?
I put mine in screw top containers into the fridge, when I fancy a snack I microwave one then add any lime pickle or any Asian pickles m,m,m,m,m,mm,
That way you can judge pickles without other tastes
No waste and great eating

[Stephen Lindsay]

I freeze it  ;D

[paulirving]

With rice I would only ever cook what is needed, Rice is a very dangerous food stuff to reheat and extremely dangerous to freeze.

[curryhell]

I freeze it  ;D

I always cook 2 portions.  On the rare occasions that both are not used, like SL i freeze. And have been doing this for 20 plus years with no adverse affects providing it is piping hot when reheated, after defrosting naturally in the fridge

[PaulP]

With rice I would only ever cook what is needed, Rice is a very dangerous food stuff to reheat and extremely dangerous to freeze.

Cooked rice can become dangerous when left at room temperature for too long. I've never heard of problems with frozen rice. The supermarkets sell loads of products with frozen rice.

Paul

[noble ox]

I am sure most BIRs  reheat rice its not possible to produce biryanis etc instantly also supermarket Chinese and Asian take aways have rice standing for days in the display units

[curryhell]

I am sure most BIRs  reheat rice its not possible to produce biryanis etc instantly

No restaurant cooks fresh rice to order as it's totally impracticle.  They all reheat it, one way or another.

also supermarket Chinese and Asian take aways have rice standing for days in the display units

  My god i hope not   The stuff would be absolutely crawling with bacteria and would guarantee a serious bout of food poisoning.

[Peripatetic Phil]

also supermarket Chinese and Asian take aways have rice standing for days in the display units

  My god i hope not   The stuff would be absolutely crawling with bacteria and would guarantee a serious bout of food poisoning.

Certainly for at least a day.  You can't fry freshly boiled rice, so it is standard practice in BCRs to fry yesterday's boiled rice to make today's fried rice.

** Phil.

[andymac]

Talking of Rice, i always seem to get slightly sticky basmati?, but the BIRs always seem to come out perfect, how do they do it?
Andy

[curryhell]

Talking of Rice, i always seem to get slightly sticky basmati?, but the BIRs always seem to come out perfect, how do they do it?
Andy

Check these threads out Andy and decide which one works best for you.  All three produce good non sticky tasty pilau rice ;D
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=6070.0
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1383.0
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5992.0