No matter whether it is new rice or old rice, can be steamed out of the aroma beneficial, grain crystal rice, here are four secrets Oh! As long as you remember these four secrets, you will also be able to steam sweet and savory rice.

First, we use a container to measure out the amount of rice.

The first secret - wash the rice: Wash the rice not more than 3 times, if more than 3 times, the rice will be a lot of nutrients will be lost, so that the steam out of the rice flavor will be reduced. Remember to wash the rice not more than 3 times.

The second secret - soak the rice: Soak the rice in cold water for 1 hour. This will allow the rice grains to fully absorb the water. This way the steamed rice will be full of grains.

The third secret - the ratio of rice and water: When steaming rice, the ratio of rice and water should be 1:1.2. There is a particularly simple way to measure the amount of water, with the forefinger into the rice water, as long as the water exceeds the rice has the first joint of the forefinger can be.

The fourth secret--Aroma Enhancement: If the rice in your home is already stale, it doesn't matter, stale rice can also be steamed with the flavor of new rice. That is, after the first three processes, we add a small amount of refined salt or peanut oil in the pot, remember peanut oil must be boiled and cooled. Just add a small amount to the pot. Now, you can plug it in and start steaming. When steamed, the grains are crystal clear and full, and the rice smells good.

Adding vinegar to steam rice method:

Cooked rice should not be left for a long time, especially in the summer, rice is easy to become rancid. If you steam rice, 1.5 kg of rice plus 2-3 ml of vinegar ratio of vinegar, can make the rice easy to store and anti-rancidity, and steamed rice and no sour taste, on the contrary, the rice aroma is more intense.

Oil steamed rice method:

Stale rice is not as good as new rice, but as long as you change the method of steaming rice, it will make the old rice as good as new rice.

Practice is: soak in water for two hours, fish out and drain, and then put into the pot with the right amount of hot water, a tablespoon of lard or vegetable oil, with a strong fire boil and then simmer for half an hour. If you use a pressure cooker, simmer for 8 minutes to cook.

Steaming rice with salt method:

This method is limited to the amount of leftover rice heavy steam use. Can not eat the rest of the rice to eat again when you need to re-steam it, re-steaming the rice always have a smell, not as good as the new steamed. If you steam leftover rice, put a small amount of salt water, that can remove the odor of rice.

Tea steamed rice method:

Tea steamed rice, can make the rice color, aroma, nutrition are good, and have to go greasy, clean mouth, food and provide the benefits of vitamins.

Practice is: according to the number of rice take 0.5-1 grams of tea, with 500-1000 ml of boiling water for 5 minutes, and then filter the tea residue, the filtered tea into the washed rice, according to the routine into the pot can be steamed.