The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
January 14th : RICE FOR CURRY
Rice should never be immersed in water, except that which has been used for cleaning the grain previous to use. It should be placed in a sieve, and heated by the steam arising from boiling water, the sieve so placed in the sauce-pan as to be two or three inches above the fluid.
In stirring the rice, a light hand should be used, or you are apt to amalgamate the grains; the criterion of well-dressed rice being to have the grains separate.