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, use your index finger to put into the rice water, the water must not exceed the first joint of the index finger.

Washing the rice must not be more than 3 times, if more than 3 times, the rice will lose a lot of nutrients, so that the steamed rice flavor will be reduced. Remember not to wash the rice more than 3 times. First soak the rice in cold water for half an hour, so that the rice grains can fully absorb the water. This way the steamed rice will be full of grains.

Expanded

Many people like to wash the rice many times, and also use their hands to rub hard, feel that you have to do so in order to wash clean. There are also some people used to cook rice before soaking for a period of time, cooking time also intentionally put some more water, so that the rice cooked out of the fluffier. But the number of times 1-2 times, wash off the surface of the dust can be. If the number of times too much rice, but also even rubbing and washing, it is easy to cause the loss of water-soluble nutrients in rice.

Wash the rice ready to cook before, in the rice drop some vegetable oil and white vinegar, oil can make cooked rice oily and bright, particles clear; vinegar not only protects the vitamins, but also allows the steam out of the rice fluffy fragrance. But after the rice is cooked, do not use more oil and salt soup to soak the rice, those more oil and salt fried rice, mixed rice, cover rice should also eat less.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Steamed Rice