Chicken thighs are marinating, steel-cut oats are soaking.
Later I will make bread with the oats (damn, I love having a good mixer). For dinner, whisk some pineapple juice and cornstarch together and add to the marinade with some carrots and cabbage mix, throw it in the oven until the chicken is cooked and serve over rice.
Between now and then I will watch Netflix or play video games.
Different styles use different techniques. Tahdig is going to be done differently than sticky rice. Something to go under a curry will be different than a plain/seasoned side. Hell, depending on the type of rice you use, you’re going to use different techniques.
It’s not enough to say “you’re doing it wrong”. People versed in different traditions are going to do things differently. If we grow up with a technique, that’s the one we usually stick with, because we know it well enough for it to be reliable for us.
I have a rice cooker and use day old dry rice from the refrigerator for the fried rice, I like how it browns. I add kimchi half way through. Green onions 3/4 in.