What’s Cooking: Rice

Spinach/Callaloo Rice using Basmati – washed and soaked before cooking (Photo by Cynthia)

Hi Everyone,

What’s Cooking is a series in which I address questions you may have about food and cooking but maybe too shy to ask.

For us, rice is a simple everyday staple in our cuisine. However, rice’s simplicity becomes complex as we determine which cooking technique to apply to the grains. Things can get complicated when we have to cook rice in union with other ingredients that require varying cooking times to create one-pot dishes. But let’s step back from the actual cooking process and discuss how the rice is readied for cooking.