Plaix Boiled Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pick the rice clean and wash it thoroughly in two waters, discarding the last wash.
Cook
Pour the rice into the boiling water and boil steadily for 30 minutes.
Do not stir the rice to prevent it from sinking and burning.
To check if the rice is done, take out some grains and crush them between your fingers; they should mash easily and feel soft.
Serve
Serve with sugar and fresh or condensed milk, or with stewed fruits.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Rice
- Provides the starch that softens and swells into the body of the dish.
- Boiling water
- Hydrates the rice grains so they cook through evenly as they soften.
The step that matters
Do not stir the rice while it boils. Stirring knocks loose starch from the grains, making the rice gummy and sticky, and the grains that settle to the bottom can scorch and burn while the rest stays unevenly cooked.
“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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