Hello... on Saturday I was cooking for 18 of my daughters friends, Veg Chilli with rice. I don't have a great relationship with rice... unless I'm fixing a hole in a wall! But... I scaled up your measures and low and behold 2kg of perfectly fluffy rice!!! I cannot thank you enough for posting this!
Finally, someone explained the reason behind all this. There are so many videos out there with vague instructions on cooking the rice only 80% and what not. This is the first time I understood the process. Thank you so much ma'am!
I can’t thank you enough for this video, I’ve wrecked plenty of pans over the years trying to make rice properly, this method is the absolute business, perfectly explained.!!
This recipe worked for me, and it only took me 50 years of my life to find out the secret to making fluffy rice! I love it with the cumin seed also! I think the magic of making this rice is rinsing it well, before cooking, and also letting it sit for an hour before cooking!thank you!
Unbelievable. This is the best my rice has ever tasted. This is incredible and sooooooo easy. I have been making rice the wrong way for yearsssssssss. Thank you sooooooo much. This changes the game. And i was about to buy a rice cooker!!!!! No need. Instantly subscribed
I've tried several methods and never been happy, this technique is so simple and the best result I've had. On top of your recipes I've cooked, I'm so happy to have found your channel.
I've done basmati rice lots of times, however, your method and guidance was PERFECT. The grains are perfectly cooked and separate, not clumping to one another. I put additional aromatics, but again, perfect rice. I am now a subscriber as well, thank you!
i followed all directions and im proud to say i have finally accomplished cooking perfect basmati rice! its cooked while having a bite to it. Made my with fennel seeds instead of cumin turned out gorgeous and fluffy! The strain method is a game changer!Thank you xx
I've been looking for the secret to cooking good Basmati. Been trying for years but never this way. Going to try - thanks! (also the cumin addition sounds amazing).
Thankyou I've finally tonight cooked the best rice I've ever cooked. Used Laila extra long grain from tesco and it turned out amazing. I wish I could post a photo.
Andy, wonderful to hear this! Glad the method was effective. You can send it to mylittlekitchenrecipes@gmail.com or you can tag us on Instagram instagram.com/mylittlekitchenrecipes We would love to see 😊🙌
You are so spot on! This is the best way to make the perfect basmati rice! I've tried so many other recipes, but your's is really the best! Thank you so much dear!
@@MyLittleKitchenRecipes by the way if i double this recipe, do i have to double the cooking boiling time and the standing(evaporing time at no:1 on the induction heat)? I'm not sure! Can you tell me please! Thank's!
I followed your recipe and made it, although..to add flavour it i toasted the cumin seed in coconut oil first, added rice,mixed,added salt then boiled water,cooked to perfection, cumin is a lovely flavour, i occationly enjoy Jeera tea, have a good weekend, thank you...i shall enjoy Jalfrezi and cumin rice😊
Thank you, thank you, thank you ! I’ve tried every UA-camr’s method but failed miserably but you have changed my life! So tasty too with the jeera! I’m delighted 😁
Amazing and so helpful. I enjoyed following everything about the cooking of basmati rice. Divorced man trying to learn cooking for one. Brilliant and really helpful. Thank you ❤
Worked flawlessly. I tried my best with a rice cooker and using less water but the rice was still way too lumpy. Ideal for eating with chopsticks but not good for fried rice. The rice with this method worked flawlessly. The rice was perfectly separated. Give it another half an hour or so to cool down and make it more robust, then use in the wok for fried rice. And this even worked perfectly with Thai jasmine rice. Works even better with basmati - although in this case I tend to add jeera seeds to the water.
Perfect tutorial Shamza! Jeera Rice cooked like this with some chikar choley cannot be beaten . Thank you for sharing this simple and effective method for perfect rice. 💯❤🙏
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Bought a huge bag of basmati rice for my family with no knowledge on how to cook it..we tried how the bag instructed and failed miserably. Tried your video and came out absolutely perfect!!! Thank you so much for this helpful video.
Thank you very much! I had this low grade bastmati lying in the kitchen shelf for like 4 months and didnt like to use it at all. Your cooking timings for rice prep really solved lots of clumsy rice issue! Thanks again!
I'm not an expert with cooking basmati rice normally I cook jasmine rice to perfection just by eyeing it without using any measurements. It's definitely a difference in the grains, so I made this rice the way you said instead of making I cup I made 2 came out perfect and fluffy thank you for sharing
You did so amazing!! The rice came out beautifully and it was so delicious. I ended up using this in a ham fried rice recipe and my boyfriend loved it so much!
wait wait wait..... i was always under the assumption that you have to add just enough water for the rice to cook and soak up or evaporate the water. So you can just cook it like this in an amount of water and then just strain it?
@@MyLittleKitchenRecipes I'd much prefer it this way tbh ..... thank you. Also I've never heard anyone explain what cooking curry or dishes in a kadai is better for? Could you explain. Also can I ask is there a way to cook rice with ghee? I didn't see you add ghee before or after it was good i thought some traditional methods call for this. Many thanks!
Amazing, after watching this maybe now mine will finally turn out perfect too , can I just suggest that looking at your palm lines on your hands have you ever had a blood test to check your ferritin levels??
whats the water ratio compared to the rice? is it double the amount? so 3 cups rice = 6 cups of water or is it same amount of rice? 3 cups of rice = 3 cups of water
There is no ratio as such but I'd say double the amount. I guess it's like when you boil pasta, you want more rather than less so the pasta cooks well. The same applies here. Hope this helps 👍
I love so much your voice! Reminds me of counselor Deanna Troi of Star Trek The Next Generation... (Marina Sirtis) 😍🤗 Oh, right,, the basmati rice, yes.. will try out yur recipe but need to find Cumin seeds first! CIAO! 😋
I love you, Emeril John Lagassé III who?? Gordon James Ramsay who??? Martha Helen Stewart whooooo? Wolfgang Puck whooo??? They have nothing on you... Your quite a chef!!.. Fan for life!!
I cooked basmatic the same way i cook regular rice and ut comes out perfect! Where i am from i have never seen rice cooked and drained... the water simmers in the rice untill its all dtied out then the rice is ready....
I was thinking the same thing. I'm Carribbean in heritage and how you describe it is how I've seen it done. However I'm someone who's up for trying new things especially when I'm not getting the results I want with my current method. So I wonder if this is the traditional Indian method for cooking rice ...🤔
Perfect instructional video! Thank you for sharing! Also, all I have is fennel and caraway… Can I use either of those or would those flavors not work? Thank you!
If you don't have cumin seeds to hand then you can leave them out. Fennel seeds and caraway seeds are not usually added to rice dishes, but you may add if you wish.
I usually put basmati in the rice cooker but I find the method of soaking it initially, boiling it then steaming it produced a much better texture and flavor.
Rice turned out really well.. Think I could have washed a little more but turned out very nice.. This will be my method of cooking rice going forward..
I've never been able to master basmati rice. It's always been too sticky or too dry or too mushy. Even when it turned out ok, it was never perfectly separated basmati rice like it should be. Well after finding your video a month ago I have made this recipe 2-3 times a week and it's always perfect!! I've made it with the cumin seeds and without, it delish both ways. I am so thankful I found this recipe, Thank you so much.
Hello... on Saturday I was cooking for 18 of my daughters friends, Veg Chilli with rice. I don't have a great relationship with rice... unless I'm fixing a hole in a wall!
But... I scaled up your measures and low and behold 2kg of perfectly fluffy rice!!! I cannot thank you enough for posting this!
"Lo and behold". The word for that idiom is lo, not low.
Finally, someone explained the reason behind all this. There are so many videos out there with vague instructions on cooking the rice only 80% and what not. This is the first time I understood the process. Thank you so much ma'am!
Glad it was helpful!
Very much true
Yes I was literally going to type this. Love love love the explanations.
I can’t thank you enough for this video, I’ve wrecked plenty of pans over the years trying to make rice properly, this method is the absolute business, perfectly explained.!!
This recipe worked for me, and it only took me 50 years of my life to find out the secret to making fluffy rice! I love it with the cumin seed also! I think the magic of making this rice is rinsing it well, before cooking, and also letting it sit for an hour before cooking!thank you!
Unbelievable. This is the best my rice has ever tasted. This is incredible and sooooooo easy. I have been making rice the wrong way for yearsssssssss. Thank you sooooooo much. This changes the game. And i was about to buy a rice cooker!!!!! No need. Instantly subscribed
I've tried several methods and never been happy, this technique is so simple and the best result I've had. On top of your recipes I've cooked, I'm so happy to have found your channel.
I've done basmati rice lots of times, however, your method and guidance was PERFECT. The grains are perfectly cooked and separate, not clumping to one another. I put additional aromatics, but again, perfect rice. I am now a subscriber as well, thank you!
Wonderful to hear this method works for you and thank you 😊
Ok, after failing at making rice for 10 years, I can tell you this is finally THE way
Thanks !
This is the way
i followed all directions and im proud to say i have finally accomplished cooking perfect basmati rice! its cooked while having a bite to it. Made my with fennel seeds instead of cumin turned out gorgeous and fluffy! The strain method is a game changer!Thank you xx
Thank you and so happy this method worked for you! 😊
@@MyLittleKitchenRecipes quick question! If you cook 2 cups of rice do you simply double up the amount of water? Thanks!
Yes
im so glad I seen that you put fennel seeds because I put those in without knowing if they'll go well with the rice
I put cumin seeds in, but you can use fennel if you prefer.
I've been looking for the secret to cooking good Basmati. Been trying for years but never this way. Going to try - thanks! (also the cumin addition sounds amazing).
I have used this method method 3 times and my basmati rice came out perfect! ❤
Happy to hear that! I'm glad it's come out well each time. Do subscribe and check out my other recipes.
You have transformed my rice cooking, it's perfect. Every time I cook it turns perfect, Thank you
Very clear Im filipina from Philippines thank you for right cooking basmati rice
Thanks for sharing your recipe! I will try this for sure! I can smell the fragrance of cumin with the rice
Please do! 😊👍
It is perfect...every time it comes our perfect!
Thank you for this recipe, it's simple and clear and my rice turned out to be great 😊
Great to hear! 😊👍
Thank you so much for this recipe, I have never been able to properly cook rice until this very moment. Thank you!!!
Thankyou I've finally tonight cooked the best rice I've ever cooked.
Used Laila extra long grain from tesco and it turned out amazing. I wish I could post a photo.
Andy, wonderful to hear this! Glad the method was effective. You can send it to mylittlekitchenrecipes@gmail.com or you can tag us on Instagram instagram.com/mylittlekitchenrecipes
We would love to see 😊🙌
@@MyLittleKitchenRecipes sent photos on Instagram 👍
Fantastic results. Thank you my little kitchen.
Our pleasure!
I have never had luck making basmati rice this recipe was so good will never cook any other way… brill
Thanks for liking 😊👍
Thanks so much for making this video. I made rice for the first time today where it wasn’t all sticky!!
You are so welcome!
I’ve given up doing stove top method. I now bake it in the oven. Turns out perfect for me everytime.
If you have not tried the method here why are you making a comment!
I will try this method.
It’s Saturday night and I’m now making my basmati for the second time this week using this method - thank you very much 🙌
You are so spot on! This is the best way to make the perfect basmati rice! I've tried so many other recipes, but your's is really the best! Thank you so much dear!
My pleasure 😊
@@MyLittleKitchenRecipes by the way if i double this recipe, do i have to double the cooking boiling time and the standing(evaporing time at no:1 on the induction heat)? I'm not sure! Can you tell me please! Thank's!
No cooking times remain the same.
I followed your recipe and made it, although..to add flavour it i toasted the cumin seed in coconut oil first, added rice,mixed,added salt then boiled water,cooked to perfection, cumin is a lovely flavour, i occationly enjoy Jeera tea, have a good weekend, thank you...i shall enjoy Jalfrezi and cumin rice😊
My rice making skills was crap before this video now everyone loves my rice Thankyou so much for teaching me ❤
great recipe! I always cook my rice plain because I pair it with curries which already have plenty of spices
Easy to follow instructions, will be cooking my basmati rice this way, thank you.
My pleasure 😊
Now I can have perfect rice for my curries thankyou
Most welcome 😊
This comes out perfect and fluffy love this recipe❤
I'm glad you like it 🙌
Thank you, thank you, thank you !
I’ve tried every UA-camr’s method but failed miserably but you have changed my life! So tasty too with the jeera! I’m delighted 😁
Bless, I'm so happy that this method is simple & easy to follow with amazing results. Thank you for sharing this with me.
Amazing and so helpful. I enjoyed following everything about the cooking of basmati rice. Divorced man trying to learn cooking for one. Brilliant and really helpful. Thank you ❤
My pleasure 😊
It worked! 🎉..having failed with packet instructions on too many occasions I came across your post. Thank you 🙏🏻 so much
Finally, a recipe for zeera chawal just like my mom's. Thank you!!
Most welcome 😊
Worked flawlessly. I tried my best with a rice cooker and using less water but the rice was still way too lumpy. Ideal for eating with chopsticks but not good for fried rice. The rice with this method worked flawlessly. The rice was perfectly separated. Give it another half an hour or so to cool down and make it more robust, then use in the wok for fried rice. And this even worked perfectly with Thai jasmine rice. Works even better with basmati - although in this case I tend to add jeera seeds to the water.
Great to hear! Thank you 😊👍
Thanks you share cooking rice ❤
I follow every recipe and instruction, thank you so much.
Perfect tutorial Shamza! Jeera Rice cooked like this with some chikar choley cannot be beaten . Thank you for sharing this simple and effective method for perfect rice. 💯❤🙏
My pleasure 😊Please do subscribe to the channel and turn your bell notifications on to be notified of my new videos, also do go through my older videos and share them with your friends and family to help the channel grow. :)
Thank you. Going to try this week. ❤
Excellent, with the same directions/preparation I also add a few cloves and cinnamon stick to my rice cooking for extra taste/richness
i do the same as well with 2 green cardamons and bay leaf plus cloves and cinnamon stick
@@darren990 Same here!!
You add it during boiling with zeera or after?
Indeed, Saleem - as do I. T'is often called Pilau Rice or Frangrant Rice. Makes a lovely change every now and again from Plain Basmati Rice.
@@omararshadsiddiq8117 I usually add the ingredients at the beginning - during BOILING.
It the best method which I had! Thank you very much, it was perfect 🌸
Great to hear! Thank you.
Bought a huge bag of basmati rice for my family with no knowledge on how to cook it..we tried how the bag instructed and failed miserably. Tried your video and came out absolutely perfect!!! Thank you so much for this helpful video.
Awesome thanks
Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure!
Thank you for this video. I love basmati rice
Most welcome 😊
look forwards to making this - fluffy soft rice with curry soooo good :)
Thank you very much! I had this low grade bastmati lying in the kitchen shelf for like 4 months and didnt like to use it at all. Your cooking timings for rice prep really solved lots of clumsy rice issue! Thanks again!
Happy to have helped Yuva 😀
Love this video, thank you so much
Absolutely Brilliant. Thank you
Many thanks! 🙌
I'm not an expert with cooking basmati rice normally I cook jasmine rice to perfection just by eyeing it without using any measurements. It's definitely a difference in the grains, so I made this rice the way you said instead of making I cup I made 2 came out perfect and fluffy thank you for sharing
Thank you SO much. I tried this today and it was perfect, bless you 🌺
Thankyou for your video. I'm now cooking basmati rice perfectly. Superb.
Your little kitchen is getting bigger and bigger❤❤❤
I'm trying your method tonight. Hopefully I will end up with great rice for a new curry recipe tonight. Thank you for explaining your perfect rice. 😊
Thank you. You help me so much
Thank you for your knowledge 🖤🌟
You did so amazing!! The rice came out beautifully and it was so delicious. I ended up using this in a ham fried rice recipe and my boyfriend loved it so much!
Thank you, what a great video
Tried this method tonight it came out perfect, many thanks for your time and efforts
You're welcome Nigel 😊
Hi Shamsa can you cook Jasmine rice with the same method? perhaps i can throw down a challenge for you many thanks Nigel
Wouldn't like to say yes Nigel as I've never tried it.
Theirs your challenge ha ha GD Luck,love the channel @@MyLittleKitchenRecipes
Perfect thanks!
The best !!!!! thank you for this recipe ❤
You're welcome 😊👍
Thank you
You're welcome 😊
looks gorgeous, i love rice
Love this channel bc you have an electric range
wait wait wait..... i was always under the assumption that you have to add just enough water for the rice to cook and soak up or evaporate the water. So you can just cook it like this in an amount of water and then just strain it?
Yep that's how I've been taught. 👍
@@MyLittleKitchenRecipes I'd much prefer it this way tbh ..... thank you. Also I've never heard anyone explain what cooking curry or dishes in a kadai is better for? Could you explain. Also can I ask is there a way to cook rice with ghee? I didn't see you add ghee before or after it was good i thought some traditional methods call for this. Many thanks!
You can do once the waters been removed, I normally add a knob of butter.
@@MyLittleKitchenRecipes how comes no ghee
Thank you so much for your work
You are very welcome
Thanks Shamza, that looks lovely, and so easy.
Thanks Ray 😊 👍
White zeera rice mixed with desi ghee or butter with alu kema on it so perfect....
For sure
Thank you for the nice recipe!
Finally a well explained video thank you!
Mm! It's yummy 😋 thanks for that sister may Allah bless you and reward you for that.
JazakAllah khair
Amazing, after watching this maybe now mine will finally turn out perfect too , can I just suggest that looking at your palm lines on your hands have you ever had a blood test to check your ferritin levels??
this is a great recipe.
whats the water ratio compared to the rice?
is it double the amount? so 3 cups rice = 6 cups of water
or is it same amount of rice? 3 cups of rice = 3 cups of water
There is no ratio as such but I'd say double the amount. I guess it's like when you boil pasta, you want more rather than less so the pasta cooks well. The same applies here. Hope this helps 👍
@@MyLittleKitchenRecipes thank you:)
Love making this rice, so easy to make. Thank you! 🙏 ❤
Easy to follow thank you. On the last stage of cooking as I type so 🤞🏻 it’s all good
Hope you enjoyed this 😊👍
I love so much your voice! Reminds me of counselor Deanna Troi of Star Trek The Next Generation... (Marina Sirtis) 😍🤗 Oh, right,, the basmati rice, yes.. will try out yur recipe but need to find Cumin seeds first! CIAO! 😋
You were right! It turned out perfect! I am a new happy subscriber. Thank you so much.
Welcome and thanks for subscribing
Thank you so much, it came out wonderfully and cant wait to pair it with my chicken.
I love you, Emeril John Lagassé III who?? Gordon James Ramsay who??? Martha Helen Stewart whooooo? Wolfgang Puck whooo??? They have nothing on you... Your quite a chef!!.. Fan for life!!
Very good.
wow perfectly cooked
Using this method this evening, been out today getting extra long grain rice. Didn't even know they sold it.
🙂👍
You'll be forever changed... Extra long grain is so much better!
I cooked basmatic the same way i cook regular rice and ut comes out perfect! Where i am from i have never seen rice cooked and drained... the water simmers in the rice untill its all dtied out then the rice is ready....
I was thinking the same thing. I'm Carribbean in heritage and how you describe it is how I've seen it done. However I'm someone who's up for trying new things especially when I'm not getting the results I want with my current method. So I wonder if this is the traditional Indian method for cooking rice ...🤔
Give it a go and see for yourself.
Very well explained 👏
This rice turns out perfect thank you for the recipe , do you have a recipe for a mushroom pilau please
Will upload soon 😊👍
Wonderful
THANKS FOR SHARING FROM CANADA SUBSCRIBER
Hello
Your basmati rice is perfect ❤
Im now a new subscriber.
Perfect instructional video! Thank you for sharing! Also, all I have is fennel and caraway… Can I use either of those or would those flavors not work? Thank you!
If you don't have cumin seeds to hand then you can leave them out. Fennel seeds and caraway seeds are not usually added to rice dishes, but you may add if you wish.
How long to be kept out after straining..... before going for dum
Strain and place on dum straightaway
I usually put basmati in the rice cooker but I find the method of soaking it initially, boiling it then steaming it produced a much better texture and flavor.
Hgh
Nice rice!
Ap ki har video kamal ki hoty hai dubai sy
Thank you
Rice turned out really well.. Think I could have washed a little more but turned out very nice.. This will be my method of cooking rice going forward..
Wonderful to hear this. 😊👍
@@MyLittleKitchenRecipes Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
What changes do i need to observe if I'm using a rice cooker
I've never been able to master basmati rice. It's always been too sticky or too dry or too mushy. Even when it turned out ok, it was never perfectly separated basmati rice like it should be. Well after finding your video a month ago I have made this recipe 2-3 times a week and it's always perfect!! I've made it with the cumin seeds and without, it delish both ways. I am so thankful I found this recipe, Thank you so much.
My pleasure 😊 so glad it's working out perfectly for you.
Thank you life saver.👍
Happy to help 😊👍
Look how long those grains are!
Thank you- gonna try it this weekend for some friends. How many servings will this make? I’ll have 10-12 ppl.
This will normally feed 2/3 people all depending on portion sizes. Thanks and good luck 🙌