How to Boil Rice

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852
Source
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
Time
Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (1)
Instructions (7)
  1. Soak the rice in water overnight.
  2. Put the rice on to boil in plenty of cold water.
  3. Stir it from the bottom of the saucepan occasionally while it is boiling fast.
  4. When the grains separate at the ends, and thus appear to form the letter X, the rice will be done.
  5. It requires about half an hour's gentle boiling.
  6. When the rice is done, drain it in a colander.
  7. Place it before the fire, stirring it now and then with a fork.
Original Text
No. 92. This is the way to Boil Rice. I recommend you to buy Patna rice, as it is the cheapest; it is best to soak it in water over-night, as it then requires less time to boil it, and moreover, when soaked, the rice becomes lighter, from the fact that the grains separate more readily while boiling. Put the rice on to boil in plenty of cold water, stirring it from the bottom of the saucepan occasionally while it is boiling fast; when the grains separate at the ends, and thus appear to form the letter X, the rice will be done; it requires about half an hour's gentle boiling. When the rice is done, drain it in a colander, and place it before the fire, stirring it now and then with a fork.
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