how to cook red rice in pressure cooker /mappillai samba sadam
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 rice6.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.