How to Cook Rice the Right Way | Remove Arsenic from Rice

How to Cook Rice the Right Way | Remove Arsenic from Rice | Fluffy Rice with Nutrients Retained

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3 жыл бұрын

Rice is a staple in many cuisines and is grown in flooded rice fields where it is easier to absorb contaminated and carcinogenic compounds present in the soil. Most rice consumed worldwide is grown in the Asian countries where there aren't strict guidelines regarding exposure to inorganic arsenic and other carcinogenic compounds.
Fortunately there are ways to reduce the amount of unwanted compounds in rice by cooking it properly.
A recent study found that parboiling with absorption method reduced the most arsenic from the rice, while preserving its nutrients.
Here is how to do the method which is similar to how Iranian prepare rice.
~ Ingredients ~
1 cup basmati rice
1 tbsp salt
1/2 cup water
(These measurements are per cup of rice. If you are making more, adjust accordingly)
*Disclaimer: I did not have a ceramic pot small enough for the video. So, I used the teflon pot non stick pot. it is healthier to use the non toxic pots and pans for cooking !

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@ky6324 Жыл бұрын

If you live in USA and want to avoid arsenic in rice, you may want to switch from long grain rice to short or medium grain rice. Long grain rice needs warmer climate to grow. In USA they are grown in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, and all three states have arsenic contamination in their soil. Short grain or medium grain rice, on the other hand needs cooler climate to grow, and within USA they are primarily grown in California who does not have arsenic problem. Look for Korean or Japanese brand rice in USA like Kyong Gi Mi or Nishiki. I believe they are all short or medium grain rice grown in California.

@jjmin2384 Жыл бұрын

Yes true, grown rice in California is much safer

@ShazWag 7 ай бұрын

Very interesting. It's also worth noting that brown rice and rice with a husk (i.e. wild rice) contain much higher arsenic levels than white rice, and white basmati rice has been shown in studies to contain the lowest amount. 🍚

@royjohnson465 4 ай бұрын

@@ShazWag ~Everything you said was true, except “wild rice” does NOT contain arsenic. One of the most healthiest choices of all is “wild rice” (also known as Canada rice or Indian rice but it’s not really a rice but a grass instead). Please do research to confirm what I said is true.

@deersakamoto2167 3 ай бұрын

This is the best video on the PBA method I've found. Thank you!

@monick5110 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and very important. thanks

@joannagarcia2001 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I was reading about the parboiling method and the instructions I followed included too much water. Your method looks much more accurate! I don’t mind losing some nutrients if it means reducing arsenic levels, especially as someone who loves to eat rice!

@sweetoneloves6811 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so for the information you posted. I also, love the music.

@nixnox4852 8 күн бұрын

Also note, never use hot water from a faucet for cooking, only use cold. Hot water sitting around in a tank and pipes leaches out heavy metals or plasticizers. This is why old recipes often explicitly say to “use cold water”, the problem was especially bad with leaded pipes or soldering. There is also bacteria that grow, but generally these aren’t pathogenic when consumed, but can sometimes cause problems in other routes. Tap water isn’t sterile, so this is while boiling water is *required* for things like keto pots.

@Iam-me 3 жыл бұрын

Long grain basmati rice So yummy

@user-be3kx2yz7r 2 ай бұрын

تبارك الله عليك أختي بالتوفيق والنجاح الدائم إن شاء

@jeffreyjackson5229 2 жыл бұрын

I have heard that organic is not remedy because of the soil. You can not get around that component.

@francotlee8032 Жыл бұрын

After soaking and discarding the cooking water, are there any nutrients left?

@royjohnson465 5 ай бұрын

There is hardly no nutrients in rice to begin with. Rice, bread or pasta are just for filling you up not for nutrients. Just eat healthy amount meat and veggies.

@rda3000 3 ай бұрын

Not much. But if you rely on rice for nutrients you have bigger problems.

@kimberly.y 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! BTW do you have any thoughts about non-stick coating pans...?

@cookingbeyondborders2116 3 жыл бұрын

ceramic cookware is non stick and non toxic. You can use teflon which is what I have in this video. It's definitely non stick, but ceramic cookware is healthier

@americaneden3090 2 жыл бұрын

@James Hopes well seasoned iron skillets are the best, & ceramic coated iron pots ( Dutch ovens ) for rice or other foods cooked in liquid.

@soniawint2756 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video,i think i may get rid of some of the starch

@sanjasfantasykitchen6738 Жыл бұрын

Big 💗 from sanja's fantasy kitchen

@dennisgustafsson6476 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Shanilkadinelshan 18 күн бұрын

Can this cooking method be done for boiled rice as well?

@mannyk1986 2 жыл бұрын

For the last step, can I just put it in the ricecooker instead of a pan?

@TheLookingOne Жыл бұрын

Hey CBB, nice details. Is possible to remove a good deal of the arsenic by rinsing it well, then cooking it in a rice cooker, and then perhaps rinsing it again?

@ShazWag 7 ай бұрын

No. The absorption method, like using a rice cooker, is the worst way to cook rice if you want to remove arsenic. Boiling it in a large amount of water is best.

@yoshipogi5073 Жыл бұрын

may i know what brand of basmati did you use?

@Komorebi786 Жыл бұрын

My mother use the same method but without salt

@gloriagloria5377 Жыл бұрын

How much water is the half cup of water?

@joselostx 2 жыл бұрын

I’m not doing all this for a serving of rice … unreasonable

@filastyle84 Жыл бұрын

SO much wasted water, as well.

@suebob16 2 жыл бұрын

Can you really use just 1/2 cup water for the second cooking? Or are you able to do that because you had presoaked the rice first? I'm looking for ways to produce a drier rice because I always seem to end up with stickier rice.

@cookingbeyondborders2116 2 жыл бұрын

yup, the 1/2 cup of water is because the rice is already half cooked. If you are not using the parboiling method, you need to add more water. It's usually 1.5 - 2 cups of water per 1 cup of rice

@DavidSantos-ix1hu Жыл бұрын

The 5 min boil cooking basicly cooked thr ricr upto perfect the extra 1/2 is to finish the cooking process

@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Жыл бұрын

Are you cooking short grain rice? Short grain rice is stickier than long grain rice.

@tnvol5331 10 ай бұрын

pressure cooker?

@aumnamashivaya4 7 ай бұрын

What if you don't have an oven?

@kuzinit2374 2 жыл бұрын

I've been just rinsing my rice 5 times and cooking it normally 2 part water 1 part rice and it comes out nice and fluffy

@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Жыл бұрын

Rinsing doesn’t remove arsenic and you need a lot more water, similar to this video or how you would boil pasta, to remove arsenic.

@kuzinit2374 Жыл бұрын

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom ok , but I not a big rice eater , few times a month , so at this point , I not so worried about it

@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Жыл бұрын

@@kuzinit2374 That’s fine, I was just letting you know your method doesn’t reduce arsenic & leaving the choice with you.

@kuzinit2374 Жыл бұрын

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom are you a qualified food scientist or is that something you learned on KZfaq

@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Жыл бұрын

@@kuzinit2374 Oh so you become a snotty little bit*% when someone tries to help you 👍🏽, got it. Grow up.

@samsien9105 Жыл бұрын

Very good method, but it no taste at all, how a bout protein how much left? please explain.👍👍🙏🙏🙏.

@vaska1999 Жыл бұрын

Protein is not rinsed and cooked out of rice. Quite a bit of starch is, tough.

@watcherworld5873 Жыл бұрын

I tried to cook rice similar to the method in this video. It just did not taste right.

@benedettobruno1669 Жыл бұрын

In short, boil the rice as you would boil pasta.

@lindauy127 6 ай бұрын

This is how my daughter cook the rice.

@JVCKPOT 10 ай бұрын

Ain’t nobody doin allat to eat some rice

@Djuntas 2 жыл бұрын

I heard cooking rice like you cook pasta is the way to go, aka a lot of water. This seems a bit to much effort.

@Jepse89 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I mean less effort more arsenic

@normlor7655 2 жыл бұрын

WHEN HAS ANYONE BOILED RICE WITHOUT KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF WATER. THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE MEASUREMENTS. PLENTY OF WATER IS NOT??

@angelicaschlitz9933 2 жыл бұрын

washing it once nor many times before boiling it does NOTHING to get rid of arsenic, all you need to do is boil plenty of water with a teaspoon of salt, then rinse the cooked rice it and use it to prepare whatever dish ur making, that way gets rid of at least 60% of the arsenic but not ALL

@aniyanchettan8741 2 жыл бұрын

The resson for adding salt please.any benefit

@josephine5809 Жыл бұрын

Taste.

@alvin8391 Жыл бұрын

The sequence of washing, rinsing, and cooking is so time consuming that I would avoid using rice entirely before immersing myself in such tedium. I use rice from India. I buy brown Taj rice. I rinse it before boiling 1/3 cup in a pot for twenty minutes. I then transfer the drained and rinsed rice to a rice cooker, adding 1/3 cup of water and let the rice cooker complete the process for whatever time it takes - usually about 10 more minutes more until it clicks OFF. I rely mostly on the Taj brand to have little arsenic in it.

@vaska1999 Жыл бұрын

It takes no time at all,actually. Just good organization.

@alvin8391 Жыл бұрын

@@vaska1999 Yes, I use good organization and good rice. I should be obliged to you if you have any comment on Taj brown rice or on Indian rice, generally. Namaste!

@whonda7024 2 жыл бұрын

arsenic maybe reduce and so with the nutrients. If the presence of arsenic in rice is really bad, why people who eat rice still live long?

@cookingbeyondborders2116 2 жыл бұрын

I believe it's the other nutrients you eat with rice that makes you live longer. Such as vegetables, possibly meat. But what do I know ! I am not a scientist ! I just enjoy making rice this way. It does not stick and I like the way it tastes !

@vaska1999 Жыл бұрын

Which nutrients would that be? The tiny bit of protein that's in rice remains inside no matter how much you rinse it and boil it, so what other nutrients are you referring to? As to you question: the rice grown in Asia doesn't contain arsenic. Only the rice grown in the US and Europe does.

@vavanz Жыл бұрын

Nobody soacks the rise for 2 HOURS😂😂. Just wash it and cook fpr 10 mins in a boiled water. Simple and taste.

@Thinesh-oi3td 2 жыл бұрын

Why add salt ?

@cookingbeyondborders2116 2 жыл бұрын

To season the rice. Most of it gets washed away and the rice gets perfectly seasoned.

@KYAg227 2 жыл бұрын

I saw a better video on this where you cook it like pasta with a 6:1 water ratio to reduce by 50%

@32lilbruce 2 жыл бұрын

can you provide a link, id like to try that method?

@jlseagull2.060 2 жыл бұрын

Arsenic is supposed to be removed, so does nutrients after so many rounds of washing and draining. What you end up with is only starch left (aka sugar). Get organic rice is the best way for food safety and keeping nutrients.

@One_Luv26 Жыл бұрын

Organic rice still has arsenic

@josephine5809 Жыл бұрын

Get your nutrition from other food sources while enjoying well washed rice.

@miltonm1491 Жыл бұрын

Rice never had much nutrition in the first place

@vaska1999 Жыл бұрын

On the contrary. The rinsing both before and after the boiling removes a lot of starch.

@guytruth5598 Жыл бұрын

Where is the proof.

@James-es8ml 11 ай бұрын

I guess I’m never eating rice again

@Julie-wb7od Жыл бұрын

My goodness! Too many steps, so troublesome! Follow grandmother's easy way of cooking rice. WASH RICE IN POT, ADD WATER, ELECTRIC RICE COOKER CLICK AND THAT'S IT!

@librasun123 2 жыл бұрын

A ton of water, wasted!

@gayatrisree7828 3 жыл бұрын

But other essentials also lost

@vaska1999 Жыл бұрын

Which ones would that be?

@peasant8246 2 ай бұрын

White rice has negligible amounts of micronutrients. Even if it looses 95% of them, 5% of 1% of your RDA is still a negligible amount.

@helionfelix6280 Жыл бұрын

Basmati rice has no arsenic. However, if you are going to cook another type of rice with this method please do not use non-stick pan that will force you to use a plastic spoon under hot temperature.

@daisiesandpandas1218 Жыл бұрын

All rice do

@loveisall5520 2 жыл бұрын

The biggest control for arsenic is geographic. California in the US has one of the lowest; Texas, where I live and there's a huge rice industry is one of the highest. Don't even get into Pakistan and filthy India. You can rinse until the cows come home and you're gonna still have high levels of arsenic, unfortunately. But--fortunately for most of us who eat our rice in moderation it's not a huge concern.

@aniyanchettan8741 2 жыл бұрын

After that you take one coke.what is in the chemical drink

@josephine5809 Жыл бұрын

Indian crops have lead issues. By most accounts, their soil is relatively low in arsenic.

@olaholm5417 6 ай бұрын

wait till you find abt the arsenic in ur water ☠

@thebearsden1701 3 жыл бұрын

Just to cook one cup rice ???? Really....

@cookingbeyondborders2116 3 жыл бұрын

You can make more, as I usually do ! All you need to do is increase the salt and the amount of water added per directions given for that one cup :)

@joycegentile8552 2 жыл бұрын

If you are diabetic you do a half cup and it's two meals worth as a side dish

@HerbertAtkinson 2 ай бұрын

No rice can be fully cleansed from arsinac it's best not to eat it at all that's if you want to live, the music in this vid sounds like funeral music called farewell to all who ate arsinac rice⚰️