Cooking rice is an art that can be mastered over time. If your rice is ever too gummy or too hard, you’re not alone. Rice is really easy to go wrong, even experienced cooks can get intimidated by it. However, once you have got the technique down, it’s easy to have a beautiful bowl of rice.
BonaOrganic heirloom rice is different than the rice we find in the markets. We recommend soaking our red rice varieties in water for 30-60mins for best results.
It is also recommended to not to rinse the rice too much as its vitamins and minerals might get washed away.
Rice Cooker
- Rinse white rice grains with cold water.
- Place 1 cup of rice in a rice cooker bowl
- Add 2 cups of water
- If there is Pandan leaves, add 2 pieces (2 inches)
- Start cooking in the rice cooker. When rice finishes cooking, rice cooker will switch to ‘keep warm’ (after approx 15 minutes). Allow rice to stand for 5 minutes with the lid closed before
serving.
Absorption
- Rinse white rice grains with cold water
- Place 1 cup of rice in a saucepan on the stove
- If there is Pandan leaves, add 2 pieces (2 inches)
- Add 2 cups of water and bring to the boil
- Reduce heat and simmer covered for 15 minutes
- Remove from heat and stand covered for 5 minutes
