How to cook perfect Japanese rice
Step by step instructions how to cook perfect Japanese rice in a pot
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- Pot with tight- fitted lid
Ingredients
- 2 cups Japanese rice Japonica or Sushi rice
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Put rice in a pot and add a little cold water and rub the grains together with your palms gently. The water becomes milky white. Drain milky white water immediately. Add fresh water and rinse rice and discard cloudy water. Repeat this process several times until the water is almost clear.
- Add fresh water and let rice soak at least 30 minutes or rice absorbed enough water and became completely white.
- Transfer the rice into a sieve and leave the rice for several minutes in order to drain water completely.
- Put washed rice in pot and add the same amount of water. Place a lid on pot and bring it to a boil over medium high heat. Once it starts boiling, turn down the heat to low and cook 13-15 minutes further.
- Turn off the heat and rest the rice for 10-15 minutes.
- If there are many small holes on the surface, this is evidence that the rice is perfectly cooked. (please see the foto.) Lid open and gently stir and toss the rice.
