Brilio.net - Rice is often a daily food at home. It's not surprising that many people choose to store large amounts of rice directly in the kitchen. However, many people still make mistakes when storing rice , so that the rice smells musty before the expiration date arrives.
Not a few people choose to throw away rice that has a musty smell, even though this wastes money because they have to buy new rice, right? Well, there are several solutions that you can try so that the musty-smelling rice can still be cooked so it is fluffy and fragrant, for example adding pandan leaves.
Apart from pandan, you can also use other alternative ingredients, such as garlic, bay leaves, and other kitchen ingredients that emit a fragrant aroma, so they can suppress the musty smell of the rice. However, YouTube account user Mamanya Aska has another trick, you know. This trick is no less effective in making musty-smelling rice fluffier and super fragrant.
Steps to cook musty rice so that it is fragrant and fluffier.
Before getting into the trick, first prepare the rice in a bowl in the amount according to cooking needs. Then, pour 1 tablespoon of vinegar into the rice. Yup, vinegar is one of the main kitchen ingredients for practicing this trick of cooking rice that smells musty.
Stir until the vinegar is evenly mixed into the rice. Then, rinse the rice with clean water several times.
"Wash 2 or 3 times," emphasized the owner of the Mamanya Aska YouTube account, quoted by BrilioFood on Saturday (8/6).
Next, transfer the rice to a pan and add water according to the usual rice cooking rate.
photo: YouTube/Aska's mother
So, before starting the process of cooking rice, you also have to add several other ingredients, namely 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil, 1 tsp salt, 1 spring onion, and a little lime or lemon juice. Well, those are other kitchen ingredients for tricks for cooking rice so it doesn't smell musty.
photo: YouTube/Aska's mother
If all the ingredients are in the pan, then cook the rice as usual. Once cooked, the results are guaranteed to be fluffier and fragrant like freshly purchased rice.
photo: YouTube/Aska's mother