In this post, I have shared how to cook basmati rice in a pressure cooker, open pot, rice cooker and Microwave oven.
Basmati rice can be cooked in a pressure cooker, rice cooker or in a pot(Open or closed). Its cooking method completely depends on the dish we make. For making one pot biryani or pulao recipes, pressure cooker method or closed pot method is the best whereas for Dum biryani, open pot cooking is preferrable. I personally like to cook basmati rice using open pot method as we can have control over the cooking of rice and remove them without breaking. So in this post, I have shared how to cook basmati rice using pressure cooker, rice cooker, microwave and open pot method.
There are many brands of Basmati rice available in the market. But I prefer & buy Kohinoor & India Gate basmati rice. Ok, enough of stories, lets see how to cook basmati rice perfectly with stepwise pictures and its health benefits at the end of this post.
Points to note
- You can use any brand of basmati rice but please read the back of packet for the instructions of cooking and water quantity to get a rough idea. This is the first thing you should do to cook a perfect rice.In this post,i have mentioned the water quantity for India Gate Dubar- Green color packet.
- Basmati rice needs a minimum soaking time for 30 minutes to elongate while cooking. As a first step, try to soak the rice before you start making pulao/biryani. It is enough to soak it for a while you chop the veggies and do the grinding jobs if any.
- You can whole garam masala like 1 cinnamom,2 cloves, 1 cardamom, 1 bayleaf, 1 star anise & 1 black stone flower in the water while cooking.
- Addition of lemon juice gives you the rice white in color. So wash the rice twice and add lemon juice while cooking to get the nice color.
- If the recipe calls for more tomatoes or tomato puree, adjust the quantity of water accordingly.
- In my observation, For 1 cup of basmati rice i.e.250ml
Soaking time | Water quantity |
No soaking | 2 cups |
Less than 30 minutes | 1.75 cups |
1 to 4 hours | 1.5 cups |
More than 6 hours or overnight | 1.25-1.5 cups |
How to cook basmati rice
How to cook basmati rice for making biryani & Pulao
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Cooking basics
Serves: 2 cups
Prep time: 10 Minutes
Cook time: 15 Minutes
Total time: 25 Minutes
INGREDIENTS
1 cup = 250ml
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METHOD
HOW TO COOK SEERAGA SAMBA RICE/SAMBA RICE Wash and add the rice to the cooker along with sauteed spices. No need to soak the rice. Add 1.75 cups of water for 1 cup of water. Pressure cook the rice in low flame for one whistle. Remove the rice after steam is released. Fluff it with a fork. Please check my Ambur biryani recipe & Donne biryani recipe, Kovai Angannan biryani using samba rice. HOW TO COOK BASMATI RICE IN DIFFERENT WAYS
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Health Benefits of basmati rice
9 comments :
rice looks wonderful happy new year
Very useful post
Thank you.Wish you a very happy new year :)
Thanks Kalaivani :)
Very useful....thanks for sharing.
Very useful....thanks for sharing.
Nice post Chitra, love to experiment a few! Happy New year and Pongal wishes!
Hi chitra ka.. thank u so much for this post. I have tried so many methods of cooking basmati. But nvr got it perfect, it would be either uncooked or mushy. But ur method is a keeper for me. Tried it so many times in rice cooker. Everytime the rice cooked perfectly. Today I made biriyani using this method in pressure cooker, yay it was long grainy, yet perfectly cooked. My mil approved it for the first time after an yr of my marriage.. hugs to u ka.
Thank you so much for your sweet feedback :) You made my day :) :)
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