Rice (Boiled)

Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891

Instructions

  1. Wash 1 pint of rice three times, then put it into two quarts of boiling water with a teaspoonful of salt.
  2. Let it boil briskly till the rice is soft, then drain off all the water by putting the rice in a colander.
  3. Pour a pint of cold water over the rice while it is in the colander.
  4. Put it back in the saucepan and set it on the stove till it is quite dry and each grain of rice separates from the other.
  5. Time, half an hour. Enough for curry for six people.

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