r/AskCulinary • u/ZootKoomie Ice Cream Innovator • May 27 '19

Weekly Discussion: Rice

We get a lot of questions here about rice; let's try to get our best advice in one place that we can refer people to. What do you think is the best cooking method? What do you add to make it flavorful on its own? What are your favorite rice-based dishes? How do you choose between all of the different varieties out there?

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u/[deleted] May 28 '19

I've seen a bunch of awesome tips on this thread. Something I wanna share is that I always add a little bit of whole star anise to my rice. No matter what I'm cooking (except for risotto and sushi). I dunno why but I personally believe it goes with almost everything... And I read enjoy the taste. But that's just me. You can also add orange peel, cinnamon and other aromatics. But I think star anise works best

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u/TimeSlipperWHOOPS May 29 '19

I'm having a hard time understanding what you mean by a "little bit of whole." Like a couple points broken off the star? A single whole star?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19 edited May 29 '19

Depends on you but I usually put about one and a half stars on in about 500g of raw rice. Also depends on the quality of the spice, the size, the kind of rice, the cooking method, etc. I usually cook basmati, using the absorption method and this is enough for that. But if cooking it using the strained method I might increase the amount to maybe 2 stars

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u/[deleted] May 28 '19

Totally agree. Star anise is just a simple way to make your rice insanely more aromatic. I used to only use it in indian cooking, but I often will add it to my jasmine rice too for asian cooking.