How to cook medium grain rice
You will need - 1 glass of rice, 2 glasses of water
1. Fill a saucepan with cold clean water and salt. The proportions of water and rice are 1: 2.
2. Place the saucepan on the stove and bring the liquid to a boil over high heat.
3. At the time of boiling, pour medium-grain rice into a container, stir the product thoroughly, reduce the heat.
4. Cover the pan with the lid, leaving a hole for the steam to escape. Cook medium grain rice for 25 minutes.
5. Then remove the pan from the stove, let the rice rest in the container for another 5 minutes.
6. Before serving, you can season medium-grain rice with butter.
Fusofacts
- For cooking medium grain rice, it is recommended to pour 1 cup of grain with 2.5 cups of cold water.- Medium-grain rice is grown in Italy, Spain, Burma, the USA, as well as on a distant continent - in Australia.
- Compared to long grain rice, medium grain rice has wider and shorter grains. The length of one grain is 5 millimeters, and the width is 2-2.5 millimeters.
- The high content of starch in medium-grain rice promotes greater absorption of liquid by the grain during the cooking process, as a result of which the grains stick together a little in the finished dish. This property of medium-grain rice makes it an ideal ingredient for dishes such as risotto and paella, and medium-grain rice is often used in soups. Another important and special property of medium-grain rice is the ability to enrich itself with the aromas of the foods that are cooked with it.
- Medium grain rice is found in both white and brown.
- One of the most popular varieties of medium grain rice is Carnaroli, which grows in northern Italy in the province of Vercelli. Carnaroli retains its shape better during cooking compared to other types of medium grain rice. Due to the high content of starch in the grains, risotto from such rice is the most creamy, which is very important for this dish. The grains do not reach the consistency of porridge, while maintaining internal elasticity. Carnaroli is called "the king of rice".
- The calorie content of boiled medium grain rice is 116 kcal / 100 grams of white polished grain, 125 kcal / 100 grams of white unpolished grain, 110 kcal / 100 grams of brown grain.
- The price of medium grain rice is on average 100 rubles / 1 kilogram (on average in Moscow as of June 2017).
- Store cooked medium-grain rice covered in the refrigerator for 3 days.