How To Cook Rice Without Rice Cooker | Cara Memasak Nasi Tanpa Rice Cooker

How to cook rice

Rice is the main staple in Asia. There are varieties of rice such as jasmine rice, long grain, short grain, basmati, brown rice, etc. The most common way to enjoy rice in Asian countries is steamed rice. Nowadays, most Asian households use electric rice cooker to simplify cooking process. It's simple and usually foolproof. But if We overfill the cooker, commonly the rice will cook unevenly.

Some people still prefer to cook rice in a pot or traditional method. If rice is not your main staple but you love it and do not want to invest on rice cooker then this method will work best. Here is how to cook jasmined rice or steamed rice.

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Rice on Amazon

Roland Premium Jasmine Rice from Thailand, 20-Pound Bag

Amazon Price: $38.28 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

This Roland jasmine rice is exactly the same with jasmine rice you can found in Thailand or other southeast Asian countries. It's soft, fluffy and fragrant. High in fiber and great substitute for bread or mashed potatoes since it's 100% fat free.

How to cook steamed rice

Cooking tools

You may need some cooking tool to help you making steamed rice. This enamel dutch oven is large enough to cook large quantity of rice. Another plus points: very good in retaining heat that will cook rice evenly and resulting fluffy rice. Also come in very decent price.

Lodge Color Dutch Oven, Emerald Green, 6-Quart

Amazon Price: $60.44 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

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Tips

Washing rice properly will prevents gloppy rice.

During cooking process do not stir the rice since it will breaks down the grains and releasing a lot of starch which can make sticky and gloppy rice.

Asian do not add salt to steamed rice since accompanying dishes are mostly seasoned very well.

Rice cooker on Amazon

You like rice but do not love cooking, there is a good solution for it. This Aroma rice cooker is a decent rice cooker to make good steamed rice without hassle. The interior is made of non stick material. Also come with steamer tray. Another plus is great price. If you are in budget and do not want to spend more bucks on Japanese rice cooker this Aroma rice cooker is a great choice.

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Rice dispenser on Amazon

You may need good storage to store rice. This Sunpentown rice dispenser is good for keeping your rice dry and out of unwanted bugs.

Sunpentown SC-12 26-Pound Rice Dispenser

Amazon Price: $34.10 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

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    thanks
  • Jost999 Aug 11, 2011 @ 3:45 am | delete
    I love rice done the persian way with a crust on the bottom. Very difficulz however without a rice cooker!
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    thanks for visiting. sound delicious the Persian rice
  • renstar Aug 10, 2011 @ 7:37 pm | delete
    Nice lens I love rice so I should invest in a rice steamer
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