Cooking quality rice is a useful skill for any housewife, since in this case you can always serve an excellent universal side dish.
But with this type of cereal, difficulties may arise.
It is rice that can stick together and cook to the state of porridge, reminds our magazine’s culinary expert, chef Yulia Arkhipova.
That is why cooks have their own interesting methods for cooking the perfect side dish.
Why, for example, experienced cooks cover the pan with a towel when cooking rice
As it turns out, this is a very simple way to make the side dish crumbly and tasty. Thanks to this trick, excess liquid will leave the pan, but steam will remain.
As a result, the side dish turns out tasty and rich. This technique can also be used when preparing Italian risotto or Uzbek pilaf.
Using the secret is easy.
Take a kitchen towel of a suitable size and after the water boils, throw it over the pan. Cover it with a lid on top.
