How to cook red rice
Products
Red rice - 1 cup
Water - 2.5 cups
Butter or vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Preparation
1. Inspect and, if necessary, sort out 1 cup of red rice, removing the husks and stones.
2. Rinse the selected rice thoroughly under running water until the water becomes clear.
3. Put the rice into a heavy-bottomed saucepan.
4. Pour 2.5 cups of water over rice - cold or hot, does not matter for the result, so use the handy one.
5. Season with salt to taste.
6. Turn on the gas over a high fire and wait for the water to boil.
7. After the water boils, reduce heat to low and cook the rice for 35 minutes, covered. Keep in mind that red rice will foam profusely even over low heat, so watch periodically to see if the water escapes.
8. Remove the foam formed on the water with a spoon.
9. After 35 minutes, check the rice for softness. If it is not soft enough, leave it on low heat under a lid for another 10 minutes, while all the water should be absorbed into the grains.
10. Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable or butter to ready-made hot rice, mix and serve as a side dish or as an independent dish.
Fusofacts
Red rice is one of the healthiest rice varieties due to its preserved shell, which contains vitamins, fiber and minerals. However, due to this shell, red rice is not as silky as regular rice, it is coarse and herbaceous, so not everyone will like red rice in its pure form. However, if you mix ordinary and red rice (1: 1 is recommended for the sample, and then the proportions vary according to taste), you get a more familiar dish, both healthy and interesting, with the smell of rye bread.Finished red rice is especially tasty when drizzled with lemon or lime juice before serving. Red rice can be cooked with sugar and served as an independent sweet dish with milk and dried fruit.
Red rice fibers regulate bowel function, help normalize blood sugar, remove cholesterol from the body, and help reduce weight.
The average cost of red rice in Moscow in June 2017 is from 100 rubles / 500 grams. Raw groats are stored for 1 year.
The calorie content of red rice is 330 kcal / 100 grams, only 14 kcal less than usual.