The Indian Cookery Book: Illustrated (1900).

Rice is used in a variety of forms: it is boiled, made into kitcheer- ee, pellow. "Boiled Rice: Wash half a pound or a coonkeeful of rice, and put it to boil in a large quantity of water, over a brisk fire. Immediately the rice begins to boil, the water will bubble up to the surface of the pot and overflow, carrying away quantities of scum and impurities. The cover of the pot should now be kept partially open, and the rice stirred to prevent an entire overflow of the water. On the subsiding of the water or the bubbling...