How to Parboil Precook Rice. Home How to. Parboil Rice. There are many varieties of rice. But Nigerians love to eat the long grain white rice which is firm in nature. This variety of rice contains a lot of carbohydrates, up to 8. To reduce this high amount of carbohydrates, it is normal practice to parboil the long grain rice again. Again because apparently, the long grain rice we eat already comes parboiled. Parboiling rice involves pre cooking the rice in water and rinsing it in cold water before the main cooking. This pre cooking ensures that your Jollof Rice does not burn before it is done, thereby eliminating the cardboard taste associated with undone Jollof Rice. Some people say they dont want to lose all the nutrients in the rice to parboiling but Ill rather get those trace amounts of nutrients elsewhere than end up with burnt, soggy and not well cooked rice. I parboil rice in two ways depending on the rice recipe that Im making. How to Parboil Rice for Cooking White Rice. Recipe For Jollof Rice GhanaWhite rice here refers to rice cooked without any additional ingredient. Salt may be added and thats it. White rice is usually a staple eaten with some kind of sauce or stew. To parboil rice for the purpose of preparing white rice, you want to boil it for a short period of time. You get the chance to add more water as you cook white rice because it will not burn. If you prefer to remove more carbohydrates, you may want to pre cook it for much longer. To parboil the rice, follow these steps. Recipe For Jollof Rice Gambia' title='Recipe For Jollof Rice Gambia' />Recipe For Jollof Rice And ChickenLooking for delicious African recipes, then you are in the right place. AfricanRecipes. com is the new version of kadirecipes. This recipe is a mix of my world famous Jollof recipe and this super delicious Nigerian style couscous recipe that I have here. We served it with some suya for lunch. Wash the rice in cold water optional and place in a pot. Add some water, about twice the level of the rice. Set on the stove and leave to cook. Note when the water starts boiling and leave to cook for more 5 minutes. Pour the contents of the pot in a sieve. Place the sieve with the rice in a bowl of cold water. Rince the rice and change the water if necessary. Leave in the sieve to drain off all the water. The rice is now ready to be cooked again. How to Parboil Rice for Cooking Jollof Rice with videoJollof rice refers to all types of rice cooked with added ingredients oil, tomato stew, vegetables, coconut milk etc. This method is applicable to Jollof Rice, Coconut Rice, Mixed Vegetables Jollof Rice, Fried Rice, Rice and Beans, etc. With these kinds of rice recipes, you do not have the leisure of adding more water as you cook the rice. Once the first dose of water dries and you try to add another, the rice will burn and become soggy. For this reason you want to parboil the rice you will use for any jollof rice recipe a bit more. This way, you ensure that after adding the ingredients, the rice will be cooked by the time the level dose of water dries. This is the method to follow to parboil rice meant for preparing jollof rice recipes Wash the rice in cold water optional and place in a pot. Add some water, about 4 times the level of the rice. Set on the stove and leave to cook. Note when the water starts boiling and leave to cook till the rice is rubbery. One way to check this is to bite into a grain of the rice being parboiled. If the rice is hard to the bite or even makes a sound when you bite, it is not yet OK to rinse it. If you pinch it between your thumb and first finger and it practically melts, then it is over parboiled. Somewhere between the first description and the second is the point where you want to put the rice down and cool it. Sounds confusing No. With experience, you will be more confident in determining the best time. You can also watch the video below to see how it is done. Pour the contents of the pot in a sieve. Cool down the rice rapidly by dipping the sieve in cold water, changing water often till the rice is cold. Leave in the sieve to drain off all the water. The rice is now ready to be cooked again. Use the buttons below to share this page More Nigerian Cooking Tasks. How to Make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs. How to Use Flour as Thickener in Nigerian Soups. How to Extract Cassava Fufu from Cassava Tubers. How to Remove Snail Slime. How to Cut Leafy Vegetables Faster. Smooth Tomato Puree without a Blender. How to Peel Beans with a Blender. How to make AkamuOgiPap from Scratch. How to make Suya Spice Suya PepperHomemade Stock Cubes. How to Extract Palm Fruit Concentrate. Healthy Stuffed Chicken here. How to cook Moi Moi with Leaves. How to make Aluminium Foil Bags. How to cook Moi Moi with Bowls. How to Prepare Deep Seasoned Tasty Meat. How to Season and Grill Chicken. How to Extract Coconut Milk. How to Remove Beans Coat. 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