そして珍しい事にここはなんと、バスマティライスを使っている。恐らくここだけだろう。通常のインディカ米より軽い仕上りになっている。軽い仕上りを目指しているのかはわからないが、バスマティライスは炊きあがりが早い。というのも一度、パスタのように沸騰したたっぷりの湯で茹でて、クレイポットに入れて、少量の水分又は出汁を加えればあっという間に炊きあがる(なので、20分で提供できるのだと勝手に思っている)。確かに、多くのビリヤニもこのようにして作られている場合が多い。やはりお焦げの香ばしさはなんともいえない。ライスも食感が軽いのでバクバクいける。
At Le Chasseur, a local favorite cze char place, classic claypot rice or "sar poh fan" is done with a twist -using basmati rice. The end result is a very fluffy and light texture so I guess one can eat more than the usual claypot rice sold nationwide. But why the expensive basmati rice? And is basmati rice a perfect rice for claypot rice? This is a matter of preference and there are always, chef's approach to things -some diners will get it and others won't. But one thing I know is that it cooks faster than the normal rice -say jasmine rice. You can boil basmati rice like a pasta till 70% done and then put it in a claypot with some stock and cook it till the crust forms. This way, it cooks very fast and a lot of briyani is done with this method (I usually cook basmati rice like pasta method). And maybe that is the reason why the claypot rice came out after 20min of ordering, I really am not sure. Dum briyani is almost like a claypot rice and in Japan we also have kama-meshi (釜飯) which uses aluminum pot. Of course we use japanese short grain rice also known as japonica rice. So, in light of this, short grain rice may also be suitable for sar poh fan although a bit more starchy- but I know for sure some will dig it.
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