How To Cook White Glutinous Rice
Sit the tight fitting steamer on top then bring to a simmer.
How to cook white glutinous rice. Soak it longer if you want your sticky rice to have a softer texture. Other recipes say to let the glutinous rice sit in water for a while before turning on the rice cooker. Let the white rice simmer for 20 minutes or until all of the water in the pot has disappeared.
Put the rice in the steamer and cook covered for 35 45 mins or until sticky and tender. Add rice 250 ml 1 cup water and 1 tsp salt. Add rice butter and a large pinch of salt.
This allows the rice s coating to mix with the water and create the sticky effect. Line a steamer basket with non stick parchment this stops the rice sticking to the metal. To cook white rice start by putting equal parts white rice and water in a pot.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat bring water to a boil. Here are three tried and true methods that work for making the best sticky rice every time. Once the water starts boiling cover the pot and reduce the heat to low.
Bring pan back to a simmer then lower heat and cook covered 18 minutes or until rice is. Finally take the pot off the. If you want to give the rice more flavor add some salt and butter to the pot as well.
Add 1 minute stove cook time for every 300m 1 000ft above sea level because boiling point of water is lower longer cook time depending on how heavy weight your pot is you may find you need to add 1 2 tbsp extra water to compensate for loss of liquid via steam due to longer cook time but tweak that in subsequent batches. Cooking rice at high altitude. Continue to 7 of 7 below.