The first step in learning how to cook Filipino food is learning how to cook rice. When you master how to make perfect rice, you’re ready for Filipino dishes.
An unchallenged staple to Filipino cuisine is rice. Filipino mothers would typically assign their pre-teens different chores as part of teaching them the discipline of independence and responsibility. Among these chores include cooking rice. The famous line: “Puwede ka na’ng mag-asawa! (You can now be a good wife!),” can only be told to someone who just learned a delish home-cooked meal.
But for Filipinos, the very first step before learning to cook the most special meals is learning how to cook rice, our staple. Pagsasaing or cooking rice (not in a rice cooker but in a regular pot over a stove or hot coals) is our mother’s first test in (cooking) independence. It’s where our discipline is tested - from washing the rice well, adding the right amount of water, knowing when to cover or uncover the pot or when to put it over low or high heat, to knowing when to turn off the heat. Even the simple way of cooking rice somewhat teaches us discipline – the way things should be – which is beneficial if done the right way, otherwise, you’ll be fed with rice that’s either “maligat” (undercooked or still has bite), “malabsak” (cooked with too much water), or worse, “tutong” (the crust formed at the bottom from overcooking rice) - may be good for paella because we’re after that crust or soccarat.
So here are some tips on cooking rice:
The ratio of rice to water varies according to the type and/or quality of rice you are preparing. Normally, it ranges from 1 : 1.5 to 1 : 2 (cup of rice to cup of water) for white rice and 1 : 2 to 1 : 2.5 for unmilled or partially milled rice such as brown rice.
After washing the rice, add enough water, cover and bring this to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook this covered for about 30 minutes or less.
Do not throw the 2nd rice washing for it can be used for some soupy dishes such as Sinigang.
source: Knorr.com
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