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Rice The Staple FoodAs the staple food for most Asians, rice is no longer new to the rest of the world. It is often used in making savoury and sweet snacks, for example rice noodle, dim-sum, rice cakes and rice pudding. A soupy variation of rice - rice porridge, is cooked with much more water. It is often fed to infants as a preparation to eating solid food, or those who are recovering from sicknesses. But it has now evolved into a main dish with various ingredients and flavours.Here are just a few facts about the crop, and you will also find many authentic rice dishes in the rice recipe section.
In some South East Asian countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, there are also some naturally coloured varieties that are commonly used for cooking coconut milk rice and fish rice. The Thai fragrant rice is also a popular choice amongst the Asians. Rice was traditionally bolied or steamed on wood fire or hob, but it needs constant attention and burns easily. Then there was the great invention of the electric rice cooker, which has eased the lives of many Asians, particularly the Orientals. The traditional Chinese are known to have large family, as well as a few generations living in the same house. Therefore cooking large amount of rice on wood fire was never an easy task (a typical Chinese family will have rice for both lunch and dinner, sometimes even breakfast).
However, if you are cooking for yourself, or do not eat rice very often; there is no need
for a rice cooker. Most instructions printed on a rice packet sold in non-Asian countries,
are not what we would call the proper way of cooking rice. You will discover much easier
ways to cook boiled rice with better texture, from our rice recipes.
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