There are two kinds of people: Those who prefer pairing pepper steak with noodles and those who love eating it with rice. 100%, I’m part of the latter group. If you’re also part of the team and want to cook the best pepper steak and rice combo at home… Let me share the undeniably best …
Nasi Lemak is one of those interesting rice dishes where the rice is cooked neither in water nor broth but in coconut milk. But here’s the catch: not all rice varieties excel in this style of cooking. If you want your Nasi Lemak to be fragrant, flavorful, and have the perfect texture, you must use …
Do you know the secret to cooking authentic orange chicken at home? Nope, it’s not following tried-and-tested orange chicken recipes. That’s already a given. It’s more like knowing which rice you should pair with this American-favorite Chinese dish. And that’s exactly what we’ll talk about in this post! Crowned Rice Variety: Long-Grain White Rice Long-grain …
Have you ever cooked white rice and it turned out yellow? (Frustrating, isn’t it?) It could just be the lighting in your kitchen. But who are we kidding, really? The resulting rice is definitely yellow when it should have been heavenly white! Debating whether to throw out the lights, or the yellow rice out the …
Do you ever get that excitement when you’re about to eat a home-cooked meal? There’s anticipation for that first bite you’ve been looking forward to all day. But then you take that bite and you’re met with a soggy and mushy squish instead. What you thought was perfectly cooked rice ended up being a watery …
I remember this one time when I was staying with my grandmother, who’s the ultimate master chef of the family (for context). For some reason I already forgot, she wanted me to cook our lunch that day. I refused at first because like I said, she’s an amazing cook. Why ask the apprentice, then? Still …
Cooking rice is sacred in my childhood home. It’s a rite of passage passed on from one offspring to the next. So, on one fine day at the ripe age of 12, I was tasked with cooking the family’s rice for lunch. You can already guess what happened. I burnt it despite being so confident …
Whoever said cooking rice is easy… must be Asian. And supposedly, it should be. But take it from me (yes, I’m Asian), cooking rice can be trickier than it looks. Cooking it time and time again doesn’t guarantee that rice will always come out fluffy. There are bound to be a few hiccups here and …
I’m not too familiar with cooking dishes from Caribbean cuisine. Except for pelau, Trinidad and Tobago’s popular one-pot meal. I’m lowkey an expert at cooking this rice dish despite living so far from the West Indies. The secret? It’s knowing which rice to use, which we’ll cover right now! Top Rice Variety for Pelau: Parboiled …
Plov was my very first introduction to Central Asian cuisine. Guess what– I loved my first Plov experience so much that since then, I’ve already cooked the dish countless times! Not to brag or anything, but I have zero plov fails recorded. Wanna know my secret? Choosing the right rice for the dish! Best Rice …