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Rice, Steamed

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Rice, Steamed

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Line the bottom of a potato steamer with a piece of muslin or thin cloth.

  2. Spread the rice in an even layer on the cloth.

  3. In a separate pot, bring water to a boil and add salt.

  4. Keep the water boiling fast while steaming the rice.

  5. If the rice layer is thick, turn it occasionally for even cooking.

  6. Steam the rice for 1 to 2 hours, depending on the quantity and type of rice.

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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