Tips To Make The Perfect Steamed Rice

By Aanchal Mathur

There are multiple delicacies one can make with rice, but first one needs to steam it. If you are an amateur cook, here are tips and tricks to make the perfect steamed rice.  

Rice To Water Ratio

You need to have that perfect rice to water ratio. For long grain rice, start with 1 : 2 ratio; 1 cup of long grain rice with 2 cups water.

Rinsing The Rice

Rinsing the rice can help you avoid stickiness. If you do not want rice to be sticky, rinse rice 2 to 3 times or until the water in the bowl is clear.

Use Stock For Flavour

If you want your rice to be a bit more flavourful, consider cooking rice in, vegetable or chicken stock instead of water.

Use Oil

Adding a teaspoon of oil to the cooking pot before cooking the rice can help rice not stick to the bottom of pan, and keeps it moist.