hey dudes I'm Hilah and today on Hilah
cooking we are gonna learn how to cook
rice I know it's super simple but this
is actually a question I get from a lot
of people so I just wanted to make a
quick video talk a little bit about
different types of rice and then show
you how to cook rice on the stove
without a rice cooker it's really not
very hard once you just know a couple of
things there's three basic categories of
rice short grain medium grain and long
grain which is also a glutinous rice but
I think that actually counts as short
grain examples of short grain rice are
sushi rice so this one here you can see
how short and fat and kind of plump
those grains are and they're a little
bit translucent and then next to it
we've got some arborio rice and that's
what you would use if you were gonna
make risotto they're the same size as
the sushi rice grains but they're much
more opaque good they have a higher
starch content and that's why when you
make the risotto that starch releases
and it makes a nice creamy sauce and
then here we've got a long grain brown
rice you can really get any kind of rice
short medium or long in brown rice form
it just means it's just got the husk
still on it
so it's got a little bit more fiber some
people think it might be harder to
digest but but I like it it's got a good
flavor it takes longer to cook than
white rice you can get short grain like
sushi rice brown rice too and then what
we're actually gonna learn how to cook
today is long grain a white rice so this
is just a really sort of generic long
grain rice you can get specialty
varieties of long grain like jasmine
basmati Tex mati is a basmati rice
that's grown in Texas and those are a
lot more fragrant there's a popcorn rice
that's from Louisiana they have a nice
sort of floral flavor to them or or
nutty but for like most American food
that you want to serve rice with like if
you're making meatballs with gravy you
want to put it over rice or something
you just want long
grain white rice and then bonus since
I'm gonna probably get this question
this is an example of wild rice so wild
rice actually is not a rice it is a
grass seed but it's cooked like rice and
it has a similar texture and flavor to
brown rice once it's cooked we'll get to
that in another video so how to cook
rice you want to combine it in a pot the
ratio would be one cup of white rice to
two cups of water
you can season it with a little bit of
salt some butter some olive oil you can
also add spices like cardamom or bay
leaves or cinnamon if you want to like
infuse the rice with a little bit more
flavor so you combine the rice in the
water in the pot cover it you put the
heat on high and you bring it to a boil
now if you are using a gas stove you can
do it just like I'm telling you now if
you're using an electric stove what I
recommend is turn it to high but then
also have another eye that's preheating
on the lowest setting so that when it's
time to transfer it you can just move it
right to the low setting rather than
waiting for the eye to cool down so once
it comes to a boil you want to turn the
heat down to low you want to simmer it
for 15 minutes don't stir it don't take
the lid off once it's cooked for 15
minutes a glass lid is really helpful
because you can see there's little holes
in the rice and where the steam has has
sort of come up and made little tunnels
once the rice is cooked and it looks
like that you want to just leave it off
the heat for 10 minutes by then your
rice should be nice and cooked and you
can fluff it with a fork Fork is
preferable because a spoon can kind of
break the rice up too much and give you
gummy rice gummy rice that's delicious
not early okay it's left it's ready to
eat
check it out so it's tender all the way
through there's not any crunchy bits
it's not burned on the bottom if you
have a problem with rice sticking to the
bottom or burning or scorching make sure
that the pot that you're cooking it in
has a nice thick bottom you don't want
to use any kind of crappy aluminum pots
and then also remember the trick I told
you if you're using
during stove to transfer it to another
low heat burner so that you're not
boiling it for longer than you should if
your rice ends up crunchy then you
probably not using enough water or not
cooking long enough and if it ends up
the most she then you're probably using
a little bit too much water or boiling
it too long so if you like these tips
this is the kind of stuff that you find
useful I have written a cookbook called
learning to cook and it's got everything
the beginner cook needs to know it's
perfect for teenagers and young adults
and even old adults who need some tips
and for some other videos on how to cook
rice I did risotto for a basic risotto
recipe using arborio rice and also sushi
rolls where I tell you how to cook sushi
rice so please check those out don't
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