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[Anonymous No.17630989]

Some backstory : I don't make rice often, and when i do it, it's not on its own but part of another dish or something. Rice, some vegetables (onion carrot peas corn green-pepper green-beans) for example.

Each time I've tried cooking rice the "correct" way, according to what seems like the entirety of the internet - Washed until the water runs clear, then boiled in an *exact* amount of water until it's all absorbed - It ends up like shit. The texture is either mushy or dry, the rice clumps up together in huge chunks, and the pot always develops this really really thin starch.. film around the outside..

I tried washing the rice even more, i tried using less water, using more water, using a lower flame, using a higher flame (though i don't know if that does anything since water cant go above 100c). It always ends up like shit. And trust me i've tried, i tried going in 50ml increments of water based on my rice amount.

Yet when I just dump some rice in a metric shit ton of water, boil it until it's cooked, then strain it and wash it with cold water to get rid of the starch on the outside, it ends up PERFECT. There's individual grains of rice, which is what i need for what i usually cook with rice ; the texture is amazing ; it's not mushy, it's not dry...

Why do people on the internet advocate that cooking rice this way is a cardinal sin and that you should be punished by death for doign it... ? (Obviously exaggerating)

[Anonymous No.17630997]

>>17630989
>waaaaaah doing the dishes hard!

[Anonymous No.17631003]

>>17630989
That's a very long winded way to say
>look at me, im "different" and cool

[Anonymous No.17631009]

>>17631003
I'm just asking why people say it's the correct way of doing it. For others maybe it works, but it has never for me. Absolutely never.

[Anonymous No.17631011]

>>17630989
use a rice cooker and stop buying l*ng gra*n rice. Fluff the rice and let it steam for a minute before serving.

[Anonymous No.17631012]

So you can't cook rice while billion other human beings don't have a problem doing so... - think on that.

[Anonymous No.17631014]

>>17630989
>using a lower flame, using a higher flame (though i don't know if that does anything since water cant go above 100c).
Gonna assume you keep the temp consistent throughout. I bring water to a boil, add spices, add rice, turn down to a simmer and set a timer. Comes out how I like.

[Anonymous No.17631016]

>>17631009
Because it works for them. There you go, mystery solved.

[Anonymous No.17631021]

>>17631011
I tried saying that in a previous attempt to post but i forgot to add a picture so i lost all that i wrote. I live in a small apartment and i don't have space for a rice cooker. Also I don't cook rice all that often, so i can't justify buying one. I already struggle with space on my counter already, only being able to fit a bowl or two and a cutting board.

[Anonymous No.17631031]

>>17630989
>according to what seems like the entirety of the internet - Washed until the water runs clear
The fuck are you talking about? Any decent instruction will tell you it’s not necessary to make the water totally clear.
Once it no longer looks like diluted milk you’re fine.
>pot always develops this really really thin starch.. film around the outside..
How the fuck are you getting stuff on the outside of your pot?
>Why do people on the internet advocate that cooking rice this way is a cardinal sin
Rinsing hot fresh rice with cold water is going to sound retarded as fuck to anyone who actually likes rice.
Not a sin, but really fucking retarded.

[Anonymous No.17631306]

Somehow I really doubt you are following the method exactly.
https://youtu.be/rHOBRyX3I0A

Are you using a high quality short-medium grain rice? You should. I like nishiki for everyday eating.

[Anonymous No.17631340]

>>17631306
>https://youtu.be/rHOBRyX3I0
That's exactly what I do ; Though I have a gas stove so the lowest i can go is still hotter than an electric or induction. I don't make rice often enough to warrant buying a rice cooker, and even when i try to do it properly it doesn't end well

[Anonymous No.17631768]

>>17630989
>wash it with cold water
but then your food will be cold?

[Anonymous No.17631833]

>>17631768
I don't eat straight rice. I use it with other stuff such as veggies, i put it in the pan after

[Anonymous No.17631851]

>>17631768
>>17631833
Also it doesn't even have to be cold water. I've got a central heating unit that also heats tap water, and since cold water is perfectly potable here, i could wait a bit for the water to heat up and then wash the rice