Some easy reciess..

My Brother wanted some recipes he wanted to try at home. After years of eating the lard filled food from the various resturants and road side vendors, he finally wants to try cooking. :) So here are a few I do use. The amounts are all approximate and the results are not repeatable. I have not been able to create the same dish twice :) But yeah most of them are eatable, and many even without the extra spice and pickles to mask the tatse ..

So after I have given my disclaimer.. I will start..

Rice:

Now rice is something which is easy as well as the most difficult. The ingredients are really very simple. but timing is the most important element. Still trying to perfect this still a but long way to go. Cook it less and the rice will be hard.. Cook it a bit more and you will get porridge instead of rice. If you dont mind a bit of under or over cooked rice. the below mentioned way should give you something eatable.

• For one person take 1/2 cup of Rice (standard luch type hunger) For thoroughbred Rice eater take 2/3 to 3/4 cups of rice.
• Wash it twice with water
• Drain the washing water and add twice the amount of water for cooking. e.g: for 1/2 cup of rice add 1 cup of water. Add a little more (may be 1/4 of the cup)

For Gas:

• Put on Medium flame for 12 mins approx. Cover the vessel but leave a small opening for the steam to go out.
• Keep checking every 4 mins. When the water rice does not look wet, check a few grains to see if they are hard. If you can crush the grain with a little pressure, your rice is done. Take it off the flame, remove the lid and keep searve after a few mins.
• If a little hard, Just switch off gas, but dont remove the lid. The rice will cook in it's own steam.
  
• If hard, just add 1/4 water and put for 3 more mins and follow above procedure.
• Note: You will need to check this again and again for getting the rice well cooked but the grains still different.

Microwave:

• Put the washed rice in a Microwave safe vessel and add a little more than twice the water. Same ratio as above. Put on high power for 12 mins. For more rice put a few mins extra.
  
• Note: Microwaves come in differenet powers. Mine has the power of 900 watts. 12 mins on 900 is enuf to cook 1 cup rice in 12 mins.
• For 700 Watts use 15/16 mins
• For 2 cups for 900 I use 17 mins. A safe will be to use 12 mins and then check. If needed just microve for 3 more mins.
  
• If the rice is not yet cooked but the water has dried up, just add a little water, this is fine.

Just try this and give your feedback.