Steamed Rice

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup rice
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Wash rice.

2. 2

   This may be easily done by putting in a strainer and shaking in a pan of cold water.

3. 3

   Put with the salt and boiling water, into the upper part of a double boiler.

4. 4

   Pour boiling water into lower part, and cook 1 hour.

5. 5

   To test whether it is done, press several grains between the fingers.

6. 6

   If not perfectly soft, cook longer.

7. 7

   If it becomes hard and dry, add a little boiling water from time to time.

8. 8

   A few raisins are sometimes cooked with the rice.

9. 9

   Add these during the last fifteen minutes of cooking to prevent discoloring.

10. 10

    Serve with soft custard or cream and sugar.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Mary Frances cook book (1912) by Jane Eayre Fryer, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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