Rice Recipes

Sona Masoori Rice

·         Is thin and short grain rice ( compared to Basmati)

·         is good for Vegetarian recipes. Good as is – not need to add salt or oil to it.

·          Usually 1 unit of Rice cooks with 2 units of Water in Rice cooker.

Basmati Rice

·         Is thin long grained rice.

·         Good for Non-Veg recipes

·         Always cook with salt and oil- for best tasting. Usually 1 cup of rice cooks with 2 ¼ cups of water, ½ tsp salt and 1 tsp oil.

·         Fried rice – fast method – Add 1 tsp cinnamon powder, 2 cloves, 2 big bay leaves, with salt and oil as mentioned above.

·         More flavoured spicy rice – heat 1 tbsp oil, add 2 cloves , 1 inch cinnamon, 3 bay leaves, 1 tsp cumin seeds, after cumin seeds splutter , add  ¼ cup chopped onions, 3 chopped green chillies, ¼ cup mint leaves, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp ginger paste, 1 tsp garlic paste. Stir well until onions brown. Add salt according to the rice cooking ( 4 cups rice – 2 tsp salt). Add this mixture to the Rice when cooking in Rice cooker.