Soltiikrn Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Combine rice, water, and salt in a pot.
Cook for about 20 minutes until grains are done but not soft or broken.
Drain off all the water.
Set the pot on the back of the stove, tightly covered.
Do not stir at any time to keep grains whole.
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
- Starch that cooks into the grains, forming the body of the dish.
- Salt
- Seasons the rice as it absorbs water during cooking.
The step that matters
Cooking time and stirring. Cooking past the point where grains are done makes them soft or broken, since the starch continues to absorb water and the grains weaken. Stirring releases starch and breaks grains, so the rice should be left alone to keep the grains whole.
“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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