Girl, do you need a Jasmine Rice Recipe? It's almost become such a fashion statement to serve dishes that are made from Jasmine rice. Girl, you know nothing can be boring! In this fabulous rice recipe, re not going to stand at the sink boiling water, OR spend so much time messing around with your rice cooker?
This jasmine rice recipe is made by several different people. Some use Jasmine flowers while others use dried pods of Jasmine. Most commonly the dried pods are used because the smell of the flower is so lovely and it has a wonderful aroma. The other reason most jasmine rice recipes are made by drying and then picking the young stems and then rubbing these dry stems onto the rice.
This recipe uses both jasmine rice and long-grain rice. Both are good basmati types but they have a totally different flavor when compared with the Jasmine rice which has a light and airy flavor. The long-grain rice has a strong flavor. This one has a very distinct aroma and a deep and rich flavor that lasts for hours. I don't know why it is referred to as long-grain but I'm fairly certain it is because of the texture, thickness, and lack of straw in the jasmine rice.
Jasmine rice recipes vary but generally consist of long-grain brown rice along with some Jasmine flowers or even green stems. Some use brown rice that has been baked while others use Jasmine puree. They all have their own unique flavors but together they create such a delicious dish that you will not even realize that it is not real rice. You will instead become engrossed in the wonderful aroma and taste of the Indian-inspired dish that you've created in your own pressure cooker.
There are many different recipes for jasmine rice so you really are limited only by your imagination. One of the simplest way of cooking jasmine rice is to just add fresh jasmine flowers to the top of long-grain white rice. Then in a snap, add the other ingredients and cover the lid of your electric pressure cooker.
When cooking, make sure to place your coated rice on a clean surface so that it does not stick. Use a plastic strainer to remove excess water from the jasmine rice after it comes out of the cooker. You can either press the garlic clove and lemon peel right into the rice or you can place them over a bowl of water. Just be careful not to let the water stay on the bottom of the bowl. Cook your rice on high for about two hours until the water begins to evaporate. At that point, simply strain off the strained jasmine rice and enjoy your delicious Indian meal. Check out this related post to get more enlightened on the topic: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice.