In the past when supplies were scarce, there was no electric rice cooker at home. You could still use an ordinary pot to steam rice. There are many ways to steam rice in an ordinary pot. The most important thing is the heat. It must be small. If the heat is too high, it will not only cause the pan to burn, but also cause the rice to steam and become mushy. You should be careful in this regard. In addition, compared with a rice cooker, you need to add slightly more water.

Four ways to make steamed rice fragrant:

1. Add vinegar to steam rice:

Cooked rice should not be left for a long time, especially in summer. Rice goes rancid easily. If you add some vinegar at a ratio of 1.5 kg of rice to 2-3 ml of vinegar when steaming rice, it will make the rice easier to store and prevent it from going rancid. Moreover, the steamed rice will not have a sour taste, but will have a stronger aroma.

2. How to steam rice with oil:

Steamed rice with old rice is not as delicious as new rice, but as long as you change the method of steaming rice, old rice will be as delicious as new rice.

The method is: soak it in water for two hours, take it out and drain it, then put it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of hot water, a tablespoon of lard or vegetable oil, bring it to a boil over high heat and then simmer it for half. Hours are enough. If using a pressure cooker, simmer for 8 minutes.

3. Steaming rice with salt:

This method is only used when re-steaming leftover rice. If you can't eat the leftover rice, you need to re-steam it. Re-steamed rice always has a smell and is not as delicious as freshly steamed rice. If you add a small amount of salt water when steaming leftover rice, the odor of the rice can be removed.

4. Method of steaming rice with tea:

Steaming rice with tea can make the rice good in color, aroma and nutrition, and can remove greasiness, cleanse the mouth, transform food and provide Vitamin Benefits.

The method is: take 0.5-1g of tea leaves according to the amount of rice, and use 500-1000ml of boiling water

How to make rice more delicious

Cook it every time When cooking, after washing the rice, add a little salad oil into the rice cooker, then pour the rice and water into the rice cooker and soak it for 15 minutes, then plug in the power to cook. This saves electricity and makes the cooked rice more delicious. The smell is oily and not crispy at all.

How to steam rice without sticking to the pan

If you want to steam rice without sticking to the pan, you should pay attention to two points:

1. Be sure to clean the pot. There shouldn't be any sticky residue left on the pot, as these will cause the rice to become mushy.

2. After washing, apply a layer of cooking oil in the pot (from the bottom to the wall, wherever there is rice), so that the rice will not stick to the pot, but will also taste better.