how to cook red rice in pressure cooker /mappillai samba sadam

You may think its a simple recipe to cook rice but many don’t know how to cook this mappillai samba rice/ Red rice perfectly. So its a perfect basic recipe that even a beginner will learn and benefit. Even when you cook it in pressure cooker it takes its own time and method to follow. This mappillai samba rice is filled with large amount of fibre less carbohydrate, protein and gives a good strength to every muscle in our body. Particularly traditional rice varieties needs long soaking hours so that we get perfect rice each time whether done in pressure cooker or pot method. Of course we can soak it in hot water for short time and cook rice but you can do this way when you have short time.

The left over rice can be soaked in water and we can have it as healthy drink(neeragaram/palayasoru) in the morning which will be so refreshing and filling. I love to have this palayasoru with some buttermilk, raw small onions or a pickle. Do include this rice in your routine diet for healthy wealthy life. Now lets see how to cook red rice in pressure cooker.

how to cook red rice in pressure cooker /mappillai samba sadam

INGREDIENTS:

Mapillai samba /redrice -2 cups
Water – 7 cups
Salt to taste(optional)

METHOD:

1.Wash mappillai samba rice 2-3 times then soak it in water for 6-8 hours or overnight.

2.In the morning use same soaked water and additional water totally 7 cups add it in a pressure cooker and bring to boil by adding salt.
3.When it boils add soaked rice.

4.Close the cooker put on weight and leave it for 4-5 whistles and reduce flame leave for 5 minutes.
5.When pressure subsides open cooker and fluff rice
6.Serve with any spicy gravy or Kuzhambu.

 Recipes to try:

Healthy Lunch box Recipe/ Keerai Sadham/ Variety rice

kavuni arisi kozhukattai /black rice pidi kolukattai

kavuni arisi pongal /black rice pongal recipe

samai arisi adai/little millet snakegourd rice adai

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how to cook red rice in pressure cooker /mappillai samba sadam

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Total Time 8 hours hrs

Course healthyrecipes, Lunch, Main Course, onepotmeal

Cuisine SouthIndian

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• Mappillai samba /redrice -2 cups

• Water - 7 cups

• salt to taste(optional)

Instructions

 

• Wash mappillai samba rice 2-3 times then soak it in water for 6-8 hours or overnight.

  2.In the morning use same soaked water and additional water totally 7 cups add it in a pressure cooker and bring to boil by adding salt.

  3.When it boils add soaked rice.

  4.Close the cooker put on weight and leave it for 4-5 whistles and reduce flame leave for 5 minutes.

  5.When pressure subsides open cooker and fluff rice

  6.Serve with any spicy gravy or Kuzhambu.
  

Notes

• Soak rice well so that your rice cooks well.
• If you are doing in open pot then the ratio will be 4:1.
• If you are running out of time soak rice in hot water for 30 to 1 hour then cook the rice.
• Don’t discard the soaked rice its very important to cook along with the rice.
• Soaked rice water has more nutrients.
• Depending upon the water quality the cooking range may differ.
• Usually I keep it for 4-5 whistles and bring to low flame for 5 minutes.

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