How to Cook Rice

Trust me or not, I learnt how to cook rice, 3 days after my wedding day. Before that, I got no clue at all! And I bet, I'm not the only one out there, who are like that.

When I wanted to learn how to cook rice, everyone gave me different opinions and methods and techniques. Most common method people use is, the ratio of your rice and the water is through your index finger or something. Some taught me, if you cook 1 cup of rice, just add additional cup of water, which is 2 cups.

Well... Here's what I can suggest you, and I think it's really accurate:

1. Buy rice cooker, which will tell you the cooking method.

This is the most accurate of all. Each rice type and each rice cooker has different measurement. My mom's one uses her palm to measure the ratio of water and the rice. Friends use her index fingers. What I can say is, different people have different size of index finger, no?

My friend, Jack, who's 1.95 m tall, has a super huge palm (not to mention index finger), which is like double of mine. So, how to measure, unless there's a scientific proof saying that, your appetite is measured by the length of your index finger.

So, the most accurate one is, to buy the rice cooker, which will give you instruction on how to cook rice, like mine!

My rice cooker comes with a cup, and the instruction clearly says, 1 cup of rice will need 1.2 cup of water. So, you can never be wrong. And, 1 cup of rice is like 2 plates of rice for my husband and me.

2. Wash the rice before cooking it

You better make sure that you wash your rice before cooking it. Seriously! You never know what's hidden inside it. I normally wash the rice 3 times before I cook it. How you wash it? It's simple. Just pour the rice into the bowl or any container you can use to wash. Then, pour the water in. Wash the rice with your hands (Remember to wash your hands before that). When the color of the water changes, just pour the water out. Do it for 3 times.

3. Cook it!

After washing the rice, just put the right amount of water (based on the instruction of your rice cooker), and cook it. As simple as that!

4. Stir the rice

For my rice cooker, the electricity one, once the rice is cooked, I need to open up the rice cooker, and stir the rice. Otherwise, it will leave the top part of the rice softer than the bottom part of the rice. Whereas, my mom's rice cooker doesn't need that. So, you gotta try and see for yourself. If yours is like mine, you can always stir the rice, as soon as it's cooked.

Happy cooking!