A Friend of mine asked me how to cook rice in a pressure cooker, as he doesn't know and new to the kitchen. So, i thought of blogging how to make rice in a pressure cooker as it will also be helpful for many other bachelors and for the future great cooks.
We need Cooking Rice and water to make this. I'm specifying here cooking rice because someone likes Raw rice and others Boiled rice. We can take anything but we have to measure it before washing. I'm doing only with Raw rice here.
Ingredients:
Raw rice - 2 cups
Water - 6 cups
Method:
- Wash rice twice.Rinse and drain it completely.
- Pour 2 cups of water in the pressure cooker and set the vessel with rice above it.
- Pour 4 cups of water on it.
- Close the lid of the pressure cooker ( with rubber gasket ) till it locks perfect.
- Keep the Pressure cooker on the gas stove and wait till you see steam releasing from the lid vent. The time it takes for the steam is depending upon the quantity of rice cooking and the heat set on the gas stove. You can set the heat as medium.
- Once steam comes out from the vent, place metallic valve ( also called weight ) on top of the vent and press firmly.
- Once you hear the cooker whistles thrice, switch off the stove and wait for 10-15 min.
- Remove the weight, open the lid and enjoy your rice.
Notes:
- When you cook rice in the pressure cooker, the bottom of the cooker gets slightly blackish because of the heat it is getting. So, you can add a pinch of citric acid after you pour water on the cooker.
- You can also use few drops of lemon juice instead of citric acid.
