how to cook rice?

I personally don't care for rice cookers. Any way the one I have I have to watch the same way I would when cooking rice on the top of the stove. Since there are several different kinds of rice you need to find out how much water is required for each. Long rice require about 1 1/2 parts water for each part rice. Brown rice it is 2 parts water for each part rice. You should have a pot with a heavy bottom to give the rice a thinner crust. Wash the rice until the water is clear. With the rice in the pot of water, bring the water to a boil(Fast bubbling)over medium heat. cover the rice with a lid but leave the lid at an angle to allow the steam to escape. after a few minutes check the rice to see if there are crater in the rice. now put the lid on tight and turn the heat down or off. You can see step by step with pictures on this web site.http://chinesefood.about.com/od/chinesecookingbasics/ss/cook_rice_photo.htm

WOW! its just simple ! wash the rice grains until visible dirt is removed, around 3 washings, after that put the water, estimate how much water youll place because it depends on what kind of rice youll be cooking,and cover until it boils then remove the cover let the steam comes out unitl it is half moisted , after that cover it again and lower the fire until it is tender and cooked!

hmm.. its a very simple thing friend.. first try to clean the rice neatly and then take it in bowl with one and half quantity of water in the vessel to that of rice and then keep it on stove. thats enough and it just takes a few minutes for rice to get boil. and it will be more easier if u have a rice cooker

ahhh...so sweeting question. you only need to wash rice at first and then put them into the pan. add some oil to cover rice on/about 0.5centmeter, then, put the pan on the fire or other machines used to cook .

Simple valle, the amount of the rice you cook, is same amount of the water you use.... Try to use the cup of rice cooker, and there you go..!!

It doesn't matter if you want to use the rice cooker o not because the main point is the water measurement. Wash the rice (3 times normally). If you use 1 cup rice..then make sure use 1 1/2 of water.

hi my friend,i have an easy and greta rice recipe for you: Ingredients * 2 tablespoons olive oil * 1 medium onion, chopped fine * 3 cloves garlic, minced fine * 1 cup long grain rice * 2 cups chicken broth * ½ teaspoon dried thyme * 1 bay leaf * ¼ cups parsley, chopped (optional) Directions 1. Put the oil in a skillet and sauté the onions and garlic until golden. 2. Add rice, broth, thyme and bay leaf and bring to a boil uncovered, turn down heat to low cover and simmer about 25 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed. Give a little stir after 15 minutes. Remove bay leaf and stir in the parsley. nham nham!!hope you enjoy it!

We eat rice with nearly every meal so I cook rice a lot. I have cooked it in a pot and in a rice steamer, the steamer is much easier and less to think about. If you are a very distracted cooker, a steamer, can save you a lot of messy, stinky clean ups from burned rice (never a good smell). There are a lot of different ways to measure out the liquid depending on how you like your rice, soft, firm, flavored. You can cook it with plain water, broths, vegetable juices. There are also many different types of rice, each with their own cooking needs. Since you have access to the internet I would suggest going to a cooking site like allrecipes.com and looking at all the different ways they have rice cooked there. Since I cook my rice in a pot now I put my rice (white, long grained) into a pot, I use the same pot for rice each time, and measure my water. I use my first finger, resting just on top of the rice and measure the water until it come up to the first line of my finger (we like our rice firm). Once I have my water and rice measured out I stir them and add about one tablespoon of salt (this is our personal choice) and put the pot to boil over a hot flame. I let the rice boil, uncovered, until the water is even with the top of the rice and turn the heat down to low and cover the pot and let the rice finished steaming until it is done, about 25-30 minutes or so. When the rice is done I take it off the heat and use a long pronged fork to separate the rice and it is ready to eat. I try not to have leftovers too much but when we do we use it for fried rice or other quick dishes.

vallepalli4319, I understand from your profile that you are an Indian and as such there is a difference in the way you eat your rice as compared to other Asian races. So, I hope these 2 little simple recipes which I had learned from my Indian friends would be nice enough for a start. Onion Rice Ingredients: 2 cups cooked rice 1 onion sliced 2 tablspoons oil 1/2 teaspoons mustard seeds (raai) 1 green chili chopped 1 tsp chopped garlic Salt and pepper to taste 1 tsp fresh coriander, chopped 2 tsp juice of lime How to make onion rice: * Heat oil in a wok, add mustard seeds, and green chilies into it and let splutter. * Now add the garlic and fry till it turns golden brown * You should now put in the sliced onions and saute till they are golden in color * Add the salt and pepper, put in the rice and mix well. * Put of the stove and mix the lime juice well with the rice * Garnish with freshly chopped coriander and serve hot. Brinjal Rice/ Egg Plant Rice Ingredients: 3 cups plain rice 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard seeds (raai) A few curry leaves 3 teaspoons vegetable oil 3 cups eggplant (brinjals) 3 teaspoons finely sliced green chillies Salt to taste 1 teaspoon turmeric powder 3 teaspoons lemon juice How to make brinjal rice: * Boil rice and keep aside. * In a large pan fry the mustard seeds, curry leaves, add the eggplant (brinjal) and green chillies. Stir on low flame, cover and cook for 10 minutes. * Add salt and turmeric powder cook for another 5 minutes. * Remove from fire and add lemon juice stir well and mix with the rice. * Stir gently allowing each grain to coat. I hope that you will find these 2 simple recipes easy and enjoyable. Take care.

I use a regular pot to cook rice. All I do is measure out twice as much water as the rice I am making. So if I am going to use 1 cup of dry rice, I put 2 cups of hot water into the pot. I set it on medium high heat and add a little salt. As soon as the water begins to boil, I add the rice, cover the pot, and set the heat the just above low (setting 2 on my stove, which goes from 1 to 10). You want the water to simmer, but not boil so much that the pot boils over. If your pot boils over and water comes out, the temperature is too high. Once I turn the heat down, I set the timer for 20 minutes. When 20 minutes are up, I remove the pot from the stove and let it sit still covered for a couple more minutes. My rice turns out well every time.

You can go to any grocery stores and buy the rice package and also you can buy a rice cooker. Clean the rice with water and leave a certain amount inside and let the cooker do the job. All done.