How to make Basmati rice in 20 minutes, plus a tip to make it fluffy! 

oik im a black guy in LA who just love Asian Indian and Middle Eastern food...I bought a 10 pound bag of basmati rice about 4-5 months ago....I looked at numerous video and tutorials here on youtube and just quit after messing up about four to fives cups of rice....the remainder of the bag (which is pretty much full) hasnt't been touched since because i was so frustrated lol... finally today i decided i would try again because my mouth was watering for some and i though why go buy it hell i need to really learn how to cook it.....jumped on youtube to see if i could find a good tutorial(something that maybe I could learn from this time) and "BAM" "YOU POPPED UP' and lawd you are and angel straight from heaven...i follwed your directions and i swear the turn out and taste is still scaring me...its like one of my lil local indian restaurants cooked I kid you not ...thank you you are great at what you do and you keep it simple so the small man can learn lol

Ha! “Leave the rice alone” 😂 I felt like you were talking to me. My new favorite rice. It is so fragrant. Made the meatballs with this. So good.

Thank you so much! I doubled the recipe and it was perfect!!!!

Awesome. Excellent instructions

Love all the explanations and projections of professionalism and learned knowledge passed from the Chippewa on down.......only to use a liquid measure cup for dry ingredients. Always gives me a good chuckle

*FINALLY!!* Someone who doesn't _DROWN_ the rice! There's several pages on YT that say to use *THREE* cups of liquid to one cup of rice! SERIOUSLY! I have several types of rice on hand, depending on what I'm making. Short grain (for sushi) is always 1 to 1. Long grain, such as Jasmine or Basmati, I never use more than 1.5 to 1. _(Less if I'm making it for fried rice.)_ *Thanks for the video!* You earned a new subscriber! (BTW? You might want to try a splash of Sesame oil instead of olive oil. It adds a little more nutty flavor)

I love u!! I've tried so many ways and this one is my go to! This is the only method that works and makes it edible, not mushy, not too firm, perfect!!!❤❤❤

Perfect recipe, I'm a rice lover!

Tried your method and it turned out perfect! Thank you!🙏

just love your simple recipe now i know to make the right fluffy rice x

Good instructions

Good job!

My favorite rice! Thanks. ❤

Perfection!!

Thank you for mentioning spices! Don't be shy with butter or salt or all these things she says!

Loved this recipe 😍😍

Hi lovely. Thank you🤗. You have just taught me a very important recipe. And if it works for me, it will be my go to food. I'd like to add fresh peas or sweetcorn to the rice (like a rice and bean mix); do I add extra water and if so how much? And I hope to serve the rice with either your cilantro and lime chicken or pan fried salmon in cream. Here we go, this recipe might just put an end to fast food and freezer meals....

I loooove your vids!! Thank you so very much

Hi. Thank you so much for this recipe works. I am enjoying my first dish of beautiful fluffy basmati rice. I followed this basic recipe its simple and beautiful.

Easiest recipe on RU-vid! And isn’t she just ADORABLE?! “Leave it (the Rice of course 😉) ALONE! 😆

Love the rose petals segment!

Use a dry measuring cup. Not a liquid measuring cup. There is a diffrence on the cup size between liquids and dry ingredients.

Thank you! I grew up eating a mishmash of ethnic foods ranging from Polynesian to Asian to Middle Eastern, but rice has always been both the star and my downfall. Basmati is my favorite, but cooking it was never my forte. Now I feel ready to tackle anything ;-)

Easy piecey! I'll try this one now as I was looking for ways to cook this rice for the first time. Thank you for this 🥰

I made this last week and did 2 cups, to test out for first time- and the No fail rice it is! I’ve had requests for making again and More, not small amount. So now I need to know do I double ingredients too? Thanks for sharing your recipe! ❤

Uncle Roger would fuss about not using a rice cooker. I don't have a rice cooker. I can't afford one. I've been making near-perfect rice like this for years. WITHOUT A COOKER, UNCLE ROGER!

Yummy 👍😀💜

Where did you get the pretty green serving dish?

Would you recommend soaking the rice first?

Yum and gluten free to

Now I know why my Basmati Rice does not seem to differ from my Jasmine rice. I did not realize that there's alot of tweaking that goes on to have that flavor! 😂

Learned to cook basmati rice from a friend from SE Asia. It needs to be washed and rinsed well. The ratio is 1:2. I do not add oil to it. For 1 cup of rice I add 3 green cardamom pods smashed, 1 cinnamon stick, couple of cloves, 3-4, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 5-6 black peppercorns. Add 2 cups of hot water and cook on low ( after it comes to a boil). A 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric or a couple strands of saffron could be added to the water for a gorgeous color. Let stand 5-7 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork and add a teaspoon of homemade ghee. Remove spices from rice and serve. Divine.

Do we have to soak rrice for half hour aor an hour before cooking it

@The Mediterranean Dish What size is your pot? Looks like 2 quart or is it 3 quart?

The last 5 minutes, do you take your dutch oven out of the burner, or leave it on it?

I love you ! :D

Ive never seen anyone sauté rice in oil before cooking. I bet that helps keep it from sticking. Rice is a staple in my home and i use the boil method because no risk of burning and no stuck on rice to clean out of the pan. But i think i will try your method next time.

If I’m doubling or triple the recipe, do I also triple bay leaf and cardamom pods ?

All basmati rice' is not created equal. The commercial ones found in your average supermarket are not of the best quality. It's much better to go to an Asian/Indian food store and get a jute bag of directly imported Basmati rice from India or Pakistan. They come in 1,2, 5, or 10 kilo bags. For those of you who don't know the metric system, a kilo is 1.2 pounds My favorite brand, when I can find it, is Double Diamond brand Basmati rice. The best!

You have made a hash! Or perhaps you used Indian variety. #Pakistan origin Basmati would have turned out terrific.

Sorry , on end result looks like sticky ( not grains separated) is not it ?

I made mine w one cup of rice and two cups of chicken stock. I feel like it was a lil dry. Can’t imagine w 1.5 c of water 😟

Never even showed us how much water was in the jug ?????

don't worry mate. we can make it even less that 20 minutes.

Free facial lol

My rice gets stuck to bottom of the pot!

The other ingredients are just your taste, not how the rice is made.😢

This would be great if she didn’t use a liquid measure to measure the rice. She needa a dry measure.

Love Indian Pakistan Food but totally Hate their rice 🍚 so dry and tastless. Every rice in the world taste 100% better

Hey first learn English well it is how to cook basmati rice not how to make basmati🤦🤦‍♀️

Looks nice, but you are dreaming about some thing, what is it?