Basmati Rice

So for our first post, I decided to post an easy, but first-time recipe! I usually have one specific way to cook rice, a way I'll probably post later that my Chilean grandmother taught me, but recently LB and I went to a Persian restaurant and were in looove with their Basmati rice. Theirs was flavored with Saffron but we decided to keep it simple for our first time.



Ingredients:
2 cups Water
1 cup Basmati Rice
1 tbsp Butter
Salt to taste

So if you haven't made rice much, the general go-to with rice measurements is 2 parts water to 1 part rice (there are exceptions but usually it'll say on the rice label). First, you boil the 2 cups of water in a relatively small saucepan (meaning not a HUGE pot). Now, 2 cups of water is not much, so this should happen pretty quickly! When the water comes to a boil, pour in the one cup of rice, put in one tablespoon of butter, and sprinkle in however much salt you want to put in. I'd say about a teaspoon is right if you're unsure.

Then you get the rice going to a boil, and then turn the heat for the rice down loooow, and cover! This is super important, you've gotta have it covered so that the moisture stays trapped in so the rice absorbs all the water. I assume if you didn't have it covered it'd just dry up and dry rice does not make good rice. So anyway, with our particular rice, we had it simmering on low for 12 minutes. After it's done, take it off the heat and let it rest for about three minutes.

When you're done with all that, you can crack some pepper over it and I think that goes well with it! FYI: One cup of rice is a lot more rice than it seems! This amount satisfies LB and me with leftovers. And if you're wondering, we paired it with a rotisserie chicken (the first time in a year that I've been able to convince LB to try it again). All in all, it's super easy, super quick, and a great option for a side for your 45-minute pan fried chicken breast.

Final step, of course, was having LB clean up. Prospective upcoming recipes: tomato sauce porkchops, lemon chicken, mashed potatoes.