How do you learn to cook
I just tried to make rice and meat. Easy. I burnt the frickinh rice bc i didnt know how to make it so i freestyled it and lwky forgot to put oil on the pot so now i have burnt rice sticking to the pot and also meat that i didnt let unfreeze long enough
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Following recipes is the only way to go in the beginning. If a recipe seems too complicated or there are words/phrases you don't know what means, don't be embarrassed or feel bad - After years and years of cooking, I still come across recipes that feel like they are written in code :) You can find videos on most things, so if you're more visual that might help. After some time things will stick in your head. I have made some truly inedible biohazards and there's nothing to do but shrug it off and try again, so keep it up!
Ima keep trying new recpies and tuts till it all clicks , thank yousss!!
Recipe videos are nice. You can see how the food should look in each stage. Watch the full video at least once before you start. You can pull up the written recipe too if you want some quick references.
If you're making plain rice, you don't need oil. Just water and rice. Make sure your fire isn't too high, put a lid on, and let it cook. There's a lot of detailed directions with timings for cooking all kinds of rice online. You can google the exact one you need.
I had it around the middle so i think that was a bit too high for the rice since it stuck on the pot, ima try following a tut. Thank youss !!
To make rice, you wash it once or twice to get rid of the starch. Then, add it to a pot and fill it with water just so it covers the rice, or use your finger to make it reach the first line (probably only works with a small portion). Let the rice boil on medium to high heat until holes form in the rice as it absorbs the water (DON'T FORGET SALT AND BUTTER for taste — it doesn’t stick much to the pot). Then turn the heat to low to get rid of more water. Finally, you can use a fork to fluff it up.
For meat, you should always let it thaw in the fridge in water or some other way (so the blood drains) because of the temp danger zone or whatever. I don’t really care about that tho, and sometimes I leave it on the counter in water. TIP: YouTube is your friend, especially for the type of dish you’re trying to cook (e.g., Asian, Caribbean, European, etc.). You should also check TikTok if you have it — most food creators have step-by-step instructions or even web pages with videos and recipes.
Cooking takes time, and it’s okay to mess up. It’s not that you can’t cook or anything, you just need more practice. Im a food prep student and lowky even i get confused by the shit i do sometimes. literally yesterday i tried make a sponge cake and it turned out rubber lol ( didnt have the right tools to make it and made vanilla instead). Good luck though!! Im sure youll get it one day and youll be so proud when you do.
You should also do Mise en place aka having all your ingredients measured, cut, peeled, sliced, grated, etc. before you start cooking. Pans are prepared. Mixing bowls, tools and equipment set out. It is a technique chefs use to assemble meals so quickly and effortlessly. (Have a device where the video or recipe is, A clear work area and clean while you go. say something is boiling u wash dishes ect or chop something else.
Deff gonna retry to do the rice tmrw and following this, im new to cooking so ima need all the advice i can get, thank youuuu!!!
Start by following recipes and organise yourself to make it step by step. I mean, weight your ingredients before hand, find a video of the recipe to visualise the step by step and try to copy everything on it.
Start by something easy but that you would like eating and, if you practice times after times, you'll start to automatise your process and it'll be easier and faster for you to cook
good luck!
Will do!! Thank youuss!