How to cook parboiled rice
You will need - 1 glass of parboiled rice, 2 glasses of water
How to cook in a saucepan - method 1
1. Measure out 150 grams (half a cup) of rice.
2. Take water in a ratio of 1: 2 to rice - 300 milliliters of water.
3. Boil water in a saucepan.
4. Add lightly washed parboiled rice, salt and spices.
5. Cook over low heat, covered, without interfering, for 20 minutes.
6. Remove the cooked rice pot from the heat.
7. Insist cooked steamed rice for 5 minutes.
How to cook in a saucepan - method 2
1. Rinse half a glass of parboiled rice, cover with cold water for 15 minutes and then squeeze out of the water.
2. Put wet rice in a frying pan, heat over medium heat until the moisture evaporates.
3. Boil 1 glass of water in half a glass of rice, add hot rice.
4. Cook rice for 10 minutes.
How to cook parboiled rice in a slow cooker
1. Put the parboiled rice in a saucepan and add water in a 1: 2 ratio.
2. Set the multicooker to the "Porridge" or "Pilaf" mode, close the lid.
3. Turn on the multicooker for 25 minutes.
4. After the signal to turn off, infuse rice for 5 minutes, then transfer to a dish and use as directed.
How to cook parboiled rice in a double boiler
1. Measure out 1 part of the rice, pour it into the groat steamer compartment.
2. Pour 2.5 parts of rice into a container of a double boiler.
3. Set the steamer to work for half an hour.
4. After the signal, check the readiness of the rice, if desired, insist or use immediately.
How to cook parboiled rice in the microwave
1. Pour 1 part steamed rice into a deep microwave bowl.
2. Boil 2 parts of water in a kettle.
3. Pour boiling water over the rice, add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and add 1 teaspoon of salt.
4. Put a bowl of steamed rice in the microwave, set the power to 800-900.
5. Turn on the microwave for 10 minutes. After the end of cooking, leave the rice in the microwave for another 3 minutes.
How to cook parboiled rice in bags
1. Packaged rice has already been pre-processed, so put the bag in a saucepan without opening it.
2. Fill the pot with water so that the bag is covered with water with a margin of 3-4 centimeters (rice in the bag will swell and if the water does not cover it, it can dry out).
3. Put the pan on a low heat; you do not need to cover the pan with the lid.
4. Put some salt in a saucepan (for 1 sachet 80 grams - 1 teaspoon of salt), bring to a boil.
5. Boil parboiled rice in a bag for 30 minutes.
6. Pick up the bag with a fork and place it on a plate from the pan.
7.Use a fork and knife to open the bag, lift by the tip of the bag and pour the rice into a plate.
Facts about parboiled rice
Parboiled rice is rice that has been steamed to make it crumbly after cooking. Parboiled rice, even with subsequent heating, does not lose its friability and taste. True, steamed rice loses 20% of its beneficial properties when steamed.Parboiled rice does not need to be steamed - it is specially processed with steam so that it does not boil over and be crumbly after boiling. Rinse the parboiled rice slightly before cooking.
Raw parboiled rice is darker (amber yellow) in color and translucent than regular rice.
Parboiled rice during cooking changes its pale yellow color and becomes snow-white.
The shelf life of parboiled rice is 1-1.5 years in a dry, dark place. Caloric content - 330-350 kcal / 100 grams, depending on the degree of steam treatment.The price of parboiled rice is from 80 rubles / 1 kilogram (on average in Moscow as of June 2017).
It happens that parboiled rice can smell unpleasant (mold or smoked). Most often this is due to the processing characteristics. Before cooking, it is recommended to rinse such rice to clean water. To improve the smell, it is recommended to add spices and seasonings to the rice and fry in oil. If the smell seems too unpleasant, try another manufacturer's steamed rice.
How to cook steamed rice into porridge
Sometimes for porridge and pilaf, they take steamed rice for lack of another, and try to boil it into porridge. This can be done quite simply: firstly, put rice in a ratio of 1: 2.5 with water, secondly, stir during cooking, and thirdly, increase the cooking time to 30 minutes. With this approach, even parboiled rice turns into porridge.