What is the best way to cook rice?

We have to wash rice once or twice which depends on the purity of rice. Then we have to cook rice only in cookers without removing any excess water from it while cooking. If we take out the water that means we are removing nutrients from rice...

Washing rice is advisable to make sure that it is clean and that loose starch grains are removed so that the grains remain separate when cooked. Parboiling, draining and then completing the cooking by steaming is another way of achieving this. White rice is, in any case, mostly starch and there is very little other nutrient in the way of vitamins and minerals which will be removed by washing and/or parboiling. It really all depends on how you like your rice (some prefer it to be glutinous while others prefer separate grains), what variety of rice you are using and in what cuisine. I would recommend that, even if you believe that the rice has been packaged to the highest standards, it would still be advisable to wash it to remove any suspicision of foreign matter and also to remove the loose starch (wash in several changes of water until the water runs clear). I invariably get a much better quality of cooked Basmati or Long Grain rice that way. In the case of Arborio (and other risotto rice varieties) and Jasmine rice (where the grains should tend to stick together somewhat), I will usually wash the rice just to remove any extraneous dirt.

You need to wash the rice very well because you don't know where did that rice grains landed before it was packed. Some do even have small rocks included so wash it off in running water and like brushing it into your palm. You do lose some nutrient over washing, so two washes will do. I would worry more about preparing dirty rice rather than over washed rice

Everyone has their own way. I don´t cook the rice the way that I find healthier, but the way I like best. I don´t wash it and fry it first with garlic and salt. Then I add hot water, less than 2 cups per cup. After a while I stir it and add a bit more water and let it simmer at VERY low heat. All cooked meals are hygienic. Boiling makes most bugs die.

I also read that somewhere, they said that washing the rice before cooking can wash away the nutrients of it. But for me, it still depends where the rice came from. Whenever we buy rice in the supermarket, there's instructions on the plastic. If the rice is from Thailand, it's not in the instruction to wash the rice before cooking. but for some other countries, it's advisable to wash it first. For me, I always wash the rice to wash away the dirt.

I think we should wash it and leave in the water for about 10 minutes.

I don't think so...We have to wash rice very well before cooking..There have no vitamins in rice before cook...So wash it well about 3,4 times...And then you can put in in to a vessel...Add needed water and eat it with curries... :-)