3 Delicious Rice Recipes

Rice is one of the most popular staple foods. There are many different ways to prepare it. Today we are going to show you 3 simple and tasty dishes.

Rice is a staple food and is used all over the world. It’s inexpensive and easy to prepare, so it’s good for everyday cooking. Here we show you 3 delicious  rice recipes that you can easily cook.

Rice goes well with meat or fish, but can also be served as a main course. In this article, we’re going to introduce you to 3 ways to prepare rice perfectly. Your guests will  love these rice recipes .

 3 easy and delicious rice recipes

1. Basic recipe for cooked rice

Anyone who thinks that you just have to boil rice in water is wrong. To cook rice so that it turns out to be perfect, you have to put in some effort. It shouldn’t be sticky and should have the perfect consistency.

Since there are more than 2000 types of rice in the world, we can only show you a rough basic recipe here. Try it out and maybe experiment a little:

ingredients

• 4 teaspoons of salt (20 g)
• 400 g rice
• 1 liter of boiling water
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil

preparation

• Put the oil in the saucepan, heat it up and add the rice.
• Then stir the rice well until it becomes translucent.
• Then add the hot water and salt. Stir everything well.
• Close the lid and cook the rice over low heat for 17-20 minutes.
• Let the rice steep for another 5 minutes before serving.

This simple rice recipe works well as an accompaniment to meat, fish or vegetables. You can also use the rice in salads. Chopped garlic or onions add more flavor. Or you can use a vegetable broth instead of water.

2. Lemon rice

Another way to prepare rice is this delicious lemon rice. It goes well with a wide variety of dishes.

ingredients

• Juice of 2 lemons
• 50 g chopped coriander
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon curry
• 1 teaspoon of grated ginger
• 400 g white rice, cooked
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 100 g mixed nuts (walnuts, almonds etc.)
• Salt to taste

preparation

• Put the oil in a frying pan. Heat it up and add the mustard seeds, nuts, ginger and curry. Fry everything while stirring for 2 minutes.
• Add the rice and lemon juice and stir well. After about 3 to 4 minutes, the rice should be hot.
• Sprinkle with chopped coriander and serve.

3. Mushroom risotto

Risotto is an Italian rice dish that is popular all over the world. It can be cooked wonderfully at home. The rice that is used for this is a short grain rice with a lot of starch. Risotto can be cooked with many different ingredients.

Here we show you a recipe for delicious mushroom risotto.

ingredients

• 1 onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 400 g risotto rice
• Olive oil to taste
• salt and pepper
• 50 g butter
• 50 ml white wine
• grated parmesan
• 1 1/2 liter vegetable stock (homemade or as cubes)
• 400 g mushrooms (all types are suitable)

preparation

• If you want to make the vegetable stock yourself, put 2 liters of water in a saucepan. Add celery, onion, carrots and garlic cut into pieces. Salt the broth to taste and cook for about 40 minutes. Put them aside. Alternatively, you can heat 1.5 liters of water and dissolve the ready-made vegetable stock in it.
• Clean the mushrooms and cut them into small pieces. Lightly fry them in the pan with olive oil and a little garlic. Put them aside.
• Cut the onion into small cubes and fry it in a pan in olive oil. Then add some butter and stir well.
• Put the rice in the pan and fry it for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the white wine while stirring and let it boil off.
• Then add the mushrooms to the rice and pour a ladle of vegetable stock over them. You have to stir well all the time now.

• Repeat this procedure (add the stock, stir, let it boil) until the rice is cooked through. This takes about 17 minutes.
• Take the rice off the stove and add the rest of the butter and grated parmesan.
• Stir well again and serve the risotto.

Try these rice recipes and see for yourself just how versatile rice can be. It’s so much more than just a boring side dish!