Brilio.net - Fried rice is a favorite menu for many people who want to enjoy a delicious meal without having to spend a lot of time cooking. This dish can also be a solution to use up leftover rice in the rice cooker. You can be creative by choosing the spices and ingredients that will be cooked with the rice. In addition, to make fried rice even more delicious, don't forget to add various toppings according to taste, such as eggs, meatballs, sausages , and various types of vegetables.
The deliciousness of fried rice does not only depend on the seasoning and toppings, but also on the quality and texture of the rice used. It is common knowledge that fried rice usually uses dry rice as its main ingredient. Dry rice has a dry texture and tends to separate when cooked, making fried rice more delicious when eaten.
To make dry rice, you can use a rice cooker . Unlike making regular rice, there are special tricks that need to be done when cooking dry rice so that it doesn't fail.
This trick was shared by YouTube user Koko Kuliner. In one of his videos, this netizen shared a tutorial on how to make dry-textured rice that is suitable for cooking as fried rice.
As reported by BrilioFood from YouTube Koko Kuliner on Saturday (11/9), first wash 1 cup of glass with plain water. To make it maximally clean and not easily stale, rinse the rice 2 to 3 times.
photo: YouTube/Koko Kuliner
Put the clean rice into the rice cooker pan. Don't forget to add water to it too. Now, so that the texture of the dry rice is really dry, make sure you use the right amount of water.
"The size is 1 cup of the glass that was used for rice. No more and no less," he explained.
photo: YouTube/Koko Kuliner
Close the rice cooker and cook the rice until it is done. Once cooked, immediately open and remove the rice cooker pan. Transfer the rice into a container with holes.
"Well, this is so that the rice cools down faster and the result is separated like this. This is one of the signs that the rice is successful because it doesn't stick to your hands at all," he said.
photo: YouTube/Koko Kuliner
Cold dry rice can be directly processed into fried rice. Guaranteed, the fried rice produced will be appetizing because it has a dry texture. Interested in trying to make it?