It would seem that rice porridge can not be spoiled. However, it can be cooked incorrectly without revealing all the charm of this dish. Rice porridge on the water is a dietary product indispensable in children's and medicinal diets. And you can cook such a delicious and crumbly porridge, which will be an excellent side dish for main dishes.
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Preparing rice porridge is quite simple. It contains a lot of vitamin B, is rich in useful trace elements, and helps to eliminate toxins from the body. A serving of cereal for breakfast guarantees an influx of energy for the whole day, because there is not a large amount of complex hydrocarbons in it.
There are many recipes for making rice porridge, but a few secrets will make it as useful as possible. To begin with, it is recommended to use high-quality round-grain rice, which must be thoroughly sorted before cooking and washed well first in warm (to get rid of starch), and then in hot (to remove grease film) water. Rinse the cereal until the water is completely clear. Sometimes it becomes necessary to repeat this procedure 5-7 times. Good flushing is one of the keys to a successful result.
For cooking, use thick-walled dishes with a large contact surface so that the rice warms up better, pester less and cook faster. Some recipes allow you to cook rice porridge in a pan. Cook porridge over moderate heat, not forgetting to stir regularly so that rice does not stick to the bottom of the pan. However, before boiling, the fire should be maximum and it is important not to forget to salt the porridge. If the rice is still raw, and the liquid has already evaporated, do not be afraid, you just need to add water, but not milk, since the porridge will burn.
Someone cooks porridge without a lid at all, but because of the rapid evaporation of water, you need to carefully monitor it. It is recommended, however, to cover the pan, while leaving a small click. From the moment of boiling, boil rice porridge for 35-40 minutes, after which oil should be added to the finished dish. It can be put when serving separately in each plate, but it would be better if you add oil to the pan where the porridge was cooked and close the lid. And if you wrap the container with porridge with a warm blanket for 15 minutes, then it will be steamed and it will be even tastier.
A dish for a child can be served with jelly or pour hot porridge with jam to taste. If you want to cook not friable, but liquid rice porridge, then for 4 servings you should add not 2, but 4 glasses of water. And for cereal with milk, you need 2 cups of water and 2 cups of milk. Keep in mind that rice absorbs a large amount of liquid, and, if you do not follow the recommendations, it can burn or get wet. If desired, after 15 minutes of cooking, you can add pre-peeled and chopped apple or pumpkin, as well as a little sugar, to the rice porridge.
In general, experiment and, in addition to existing recipes, invent new dishes from a unique ingredient - rice groats.