How to steam rice in a steamer basket

Rice is one of our staple foods, known as ? South rice and north noodles? Many southern seniors are able to make sweet and savory rice; and when they do, they like to use a steamer to steam, rather than using a rice cooker, or an iron pot to cook.

Of course, using a steamer to steam rice is only suitable when organizing banquets, because the demand for rice is huge. In this case, using a steamer to steam rice can satisfy hundreds of people at the same time.

For weekday family meals, if you use a steamer to steam rice, the process seems a bit cumbersome; in my personal opinion, to use a steamer to steam rice, should be operated in accordance with the following steps:

a. Selection of high-quality rice soaking

Want to steam rice out of the sweet, but also has a grain by grain feeling, we need to choose a high-quality rice!

The grains and small stones in the rice are removed, and then washed with water, after washing, add water to soak. You don't need much water, just enough to cover the rice.

In this process, let the rice fully absorb the water; then the rice out, dry water ready to steam on the steamer.

2, the steamer steamed rice

Soaked rice, into a clean cage drawer. In order to facilitate the rice, you can lay a layer of dampened gauze on top of the drawer to prevent the rice from staining the drawer.

After the preparations are done, start the fire to steam the rice, and keep the fire high throughout the process. Especially after the steam is up, it is not possible to stop, otherwise it will affect the texture of the steamed rice.

If you have a bamboo drawer, try to choose this material, because the fragrance of bamboo will also penetrate into the rice with the steam, making the steamed rice more fragrant.

In fact, steaming rice is not difficult for us, the key lies in the operation of the process of trouble; and very often, few people at home is not suitable for doing so.