Tuesday 28 June 2016

How To Parboil Rice.

How To Parboil Rice.

There are many types of rice. But the most common and popular one is the long grain white rice which is firm in nature.
Because it contains a lot of
carbohydrates and it's easy to reduce this high amount of carbohydrates by parboiling it, although the long grain rice has already been parboiled from the manufacturers.
By parboiling your long grain rice before using it to cook jollof rice or any form of cooking even if using it for Boil White Rice and Stew to prevent it from  burning before it is done, some people thought that by parboiling there long grain rice, they will lose all the
nutrients in the rice, which is NO.
There are two ways I parboil my rice and it depends on the rice recipe am going for. The way I parboil my rice for Jollof Rice is different from the way I parboil it for Boil White Rice and Stew.
To cut the long story short... Let go and see what to do for today...
To parboil your rice for the purpose of preparing it for Boil White Rice and Stew, you have to boil it for a short period of time.


If cooking Boil White Rice and Stew, follow these simple steps.

This is the simplest method to follow when parboil rice.

1. Wash the rice with salt in cold water (optional) and pour into a sieve to drain off all the water.


2. Set fire to the gas cooker or stove or put on your electric cooker and place your pot.


3. Add water to it, adding water depends on the quality of the rice, or you can make it about x2 of the rice level.


4. Note: when the water as boiling to about 40°c then you can add your rice and leave till it Boil to 100°c thats equivalent to 25 to 30 minutes.

5. Pour into a sieve to drain out the water.

6. Place the sieve with the rice in a bowl of cold water of 0.0°c.

7. Then Rince the rice and pour into another bowl of cold water of 0.0°c if
necessary.

8. Keep it in the sieve to drain off all the water.

9. Now that the water has drained off, your rice is now ready to be fully cooked again.

If parboiling your rice for the sake of Cooking Jollof Rice, Fired Rice, Coconut Rice etc... Follow this simple method.

1. Wash the rice without salt in cold water (optional) and pour into a sieve to drain off all the water.

Notes; Try to take care of every steps given.

2. Set fire to the gas cooker or stove or put on your electric cooker and place your pot.


3. Add water to it, adding water depends on the quality of the rice, so your water should be the same level with the rice, when the first water dries, you add another water to the level again. You may live it to dry or till almost dries, this is to save your jollof or any other form you are using it for from burning.

4. Pour into a sieve to drain out the water.

5. Place the sieve with the rice in a bowl of cold water of 0.0°c.

6. Then Rince the rice and pour into another bowl of cold water of 0.0°C if necessary.

7. Keep it in the sieve to drain off all the water.

8. Now that the water has drained off, your rice is now ready to be fully cooked again.

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