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To Boil Rice, As in India

A simple boiled rice prepared by cooking washed rice in salted water until tender.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Boil Rice, As in India

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil in a saucepan and add 1 tablespoon of salt.

  2. Add 1 pint of well-washed rice and boil for 20 minutes.

  3. Drain the rice in a colander.

  4. Return the rice to the saucepan and place it near the fire to dry for a few minutes before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Rice
Provides the starch that cooks into the body of the dish.

The step that matters

Boil the rice for 20 minutes, then drain well. Boiling in plenty of water lets the grains cook through while excess starch washes away, so they stay separate. Draining thoroughly before drying prevents a wet, clumpy result.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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