Boiled rice is, perhaps, the most universal garnish as it is perfectly combined with meat, fish and vegetable dishes. However it is possible to achieve really excellent taste from a ready-made product only at the correct preparation and a competent combination of seasonings and spices.
How to achieve friability?
Each hostess wants rice to turn out friable, but didn't resemble the structure paste. For this reason before cooking rice needs to be washed out carefully from starch and talc. The fact is that before getting on shelves of shop, grain is exposed to special processing which consists in glazing by talc or starch. It is necessary to wash out rice until muddy water doesn't become completely transparent. At preparation of grain it is necessary to observe a proper correlation of water and rice (on 1 glass of rice 2 glasses of water are required).
If you plan to throw rice in already boiling water, then it isn't necessary to cover a pan. If you put to cook rice along with water, then the pan should be covered. When water begins to begin to boil, fire needs to be reduced to a minimum. The closed cooking type, and for dlinnozernisty is preferable to kruglozernisty rice, on the contrary, cooking with an open cover approaches more.
That rice as a garnish turned out friable, it can't be disturbed at all. If you are afraid that rice will be boiled thoroughly unevenly, then you can make a spoon small openings. Seasoning and spice need to be added only after water boiling. It is necessary to salt a dish only after preparation.
How to give to rice gustatory qualities and an appetizing look?
If you want to give to a garnish more appetizing look, then at the time of boiling of water it is possible to add a half of a teaspoon of a turmeric. Thanks to this seasoning of grain will gain saturated wheaten color which perfectly awakens appetite.
It is possible to improve gustatory qualities of rice by means of garlic, a dried barberry and east spice — cumin. The simplest option diversify taste of a garnish is to add to it some universal seasoning which can be bought in any grocery store.