Total Steps
16
Ingredients
3
Tools Needed
2
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons groundnut oil
- 570 ml water
- 225 grams long grain white rice
Instructions
Step 1
<a href="/technique/8BSVY4LZ/washes">Wash</a> the rice and put it with the water in a 23cm wide heavy pot.
Step 2
Bring the water to the <a href="/technique/W7VKDJHH/boil">boil</a> over a high <a href="/technique/XZFHRHHF/heat">heat</a>.
Step 3
Then <a href="/technique/B52FHCF2/turn">turn</a> the <a href="/technique/XZFHRHHF/heat">heat</a> down as low as possible cover and let the rice cook for about 45 minutes.
Step 4
The rice should form a heavy crust on the bottom.
Step 5
Remove all the loose surface rice leaving the heavy crust.
Step 6
This loose rice <a href="/technique/TPWNYF5L/can">can</a> be used for making <a href="/technique/NZ2LK8CC/fried">Fried</a> Rice.
Step 7
Dribble the oil evenly over the <a href="/technique/R34ZSY3M/top">top</a> of the crust and let it cook over a very low <a href="/technique/XZFHRHHF/heat">heat</a> for 5 minutes. The crust should lift off easily at this point.
Step 8
If it is still sticky add another teaspoon of oil and continue to cook until the whole thing comes loose.
Step 9
Put the crust onto a <a href="/technique/ZJ3WDM5Q/plate">plate</a> until it is ready for use.
Step 10
Once it has been cooked it <a href="/technique/TPWNYF5L/can">can</a> be left out at room temperature for several days.
Step 11
Do not cover it as moisture will form and make the cake soggy.
Step 12
Let the rice cake <a href="/technique/RF7SRX43/dry">dry</a> out and it is then ready to be deepfried and put into hot chicken stock to make a soup or used for Sizzling Rice Prawns.
Step 13
As a simple snack break it into chunks and eat it hot with a sprinkling of <a href="/technique/DPSVTKVY/salt">salt</a>.
Step 14
Rice cakes were probably invented by a thrifty Chinese cook centuries ago in order to make use of that thin layer of rice which sometimes gets stuck at the bottom of the pot. This crispy leftover has evolved into an accompaniment to many <a href="/technique/QQVZX64Y/dish">dishes.</a> Its <a href="/technique/WDCS6JL5/taste">taste</a> and crunchy texture go deliciously with Sizzling Rice Prawns for example. My mother often used to <a href="/technique/Y6MVNCHX/serve">serve</a> rice cakes with hot chicken broth for a sizzling rice soup. We also ate them as a snack with just a touch of oil and <a href="/technique/DPSVTKVY/salt">salt.</a> After trying them you will never discard your leftover rice crust again.
Step 15
Do not use easy cook rice for this <a href="/technique/QQVZX64Y/dish">dish</a> because it does not have enough starch to form any crust; use long grain white rice. Basically the method is the same as for <a href="/technique/WPFKW7GH/steamed">steamed</a> rice but the cooking time is longer.
Step 16
Makes a 23cm rice cake