Easy Microwave Rice
This recipe always succeeds with precise instructions; Funny how simple it is 😁 up to fifteen minutes- and you're set! You can cook the rice while preparing the main course, and you can serve it as a meal by adding tofu, green peas, corn, or carrots.
Ingredients
2-3 servings
- 1 cup Jasmine or basmati rice
- ¾1 cup boiling water
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp oil
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
Garnish
- toasted almonds or pine nuts
Instructions
- Rinse the rice well until the water is clear without starch. Alternatively, you can soak the rice in cold water for about half an hour, rinse and strain.
- Put the rice in a microwave cooking pot (with a lid with holes).
- Add boiling water, salt, oil and lemon juice and mix well.
- Cover with the lid (make sure the holes stay open)
- 12-15 minutes in high power micro (depending on your microwave power).
- Open carefully (hot steam!), stir the rice with a fork or two. Transfer to a bowl and garnish with toasted almonds or pine nuts.
Notes
- You can add to the rice, along with the boiling water, a handful of frozen peas, corn, or carrots.
- For Indian-style rice, you can add one teaspoon of curry powder along with the boiling water.
- You can add to the prepared rice tofu cubes brushed in oil and seared on a pan.
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