To Boil Rice for a Curry
Ingredients
Directions
Bring a pot of water to a boil.
Add the rice and boil quickly until tender, but do not overcook.
Drain the rice and set it in a warm place, stirring gently to keep it fluffy and dry.
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
- Forms the bulk of the dish; cooking it until just tender keeps grains separate and fluffy.
The step that matters
Boil until tender but not overcooked. Rice grains absorb water and swell as they cook, and past the point of tenderness they start to break down and turn mushy. Stopping at just tender keeps the grains intact and separate.
“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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