Is it just me with rice? that is rubbish?

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it is in a pan with enough water, turn my back for a second and it is stuck to the bottom. Sometimes I feel like screaming

do you fiddle with it?
just fil a big pan with lots of water a nd leave for 12 mins

no it was one of those flavoured rice things tonite. I am just crap

Try a different type of rice. Basmati is a lot less prone to stickiness then ordinary rice.

but not eough water then

most prob. I can cook ordinary rice, although i have no seive and it just falls through colinder

boiling too much instead of simmering??

oh get yourself a sieve!!

OOh, nOw I dont do a lid beety!

what i useualy do is bring the water to the boil before adding the rice ad the rice and give it a good stir after about five minuites add more water if needed and i never have a problem my mother does and her trick is put three times the amount of water to rice put in microwave and cook for five to ten minuites depending on how much and then it definatly cant stick to the pan

Mine's always crap How can I cook most other things okay but not rice? Will try Beety's idea.

The best rice I cook is done like this. Add olive oil to the saucepan, and when hot tip in the rice. Fry it until it goes opaque, then add boiling water with a stock cube and/or tomato puree. Do it carefully though because of steam burns. Giev it a quick stir, then cover and simmer for about 10 mins. Tastes delicious, and the rice is always fluffy and separated. Kids love it.

I have started microwaving it (ready in 15 min)(don't put a lid on it!). Never sticks, never boils over.

double water (boiled in kettle) to rice, put lid on simmer v slowly, and turn off before all the water has gone - keep lid on. should be fluffy

Saucepan with a lid: double the volume of the rice with water, simmer until you can't see the water bubbling over the surface of the rice, then turn it off and it finishes in the steam. Works every time!

ponygirl, are you my double?

Microwaving is foolproof. Put rice in a dish/bolw, cover with boiled water to an inch above the level of the rice. Cover with cling film. Cook on full power for 6 minutes 40 seconds. My microwave is 850 wattage. Always works.

Foolproof rice - but you need a sieve. Adapted from madhu Jaffrey by dh:

1lb basmati rice
1 1/4 pints boiling water
a little oil
5 cardamoms
5 cloves
5 peppercorns
1/2 stick of cinnamon
bay leaf

Put the rice in the sieve and rinse thoroughly under running water, then drain. [This is essential for washing the starch out of the rice, to stop it sticking.] Meanwhile, heat a little oil (medium heat) in a saucepan and add the spices. Let them sizzle for a couple of minutes. Add the rice, stirring to make sure it all gets coated with oil. Add the boiling water and turn the temperature down to its lowest setting. Put a piece of foil over the top and then the lid, to make a good seal. Cook for exactly 15 minutes. By then, all the water will have soaked into the rice and it will be cooked, dry and delicious.

Buy rice cooker from Arogos etc. @ £30 - put rice in and add water to level and switch on and forget about it - even keeps it on warm for @ half an hour - love it!!!

A rice cooker is brilliant! Makes gorgeous risottos and rice puddings without stirring. The most used appliance in our house!

OK, this is what I do. I use basmati, but should work with any long-grain rice. For 2, measure 1 cup of rice into saucepan, rinse with hot and then cold water until the water runs clear (my mum always made me do this). Drain off excess water. Add 1 cup of water plus a little bit more - depends on how much water you left in the pot when you drained it off! I find 2 cups of water is a bit sticky for me, but it is personal taste really. Some recipe books say to add enough water until the water is up to your first finger joint when you are just touching surface of the rice, but this is too inexact for me! You need to experiment as it depends on your stove as well, plus personal preference as to how soft and stuck together you like your rice. Put saucepan on heat, put the lid on and bring to boil. Turn down as low as you can - I put it on the smallest burner. Leave it for 15mins, take lid off and check - all the water should have been absorbed and the rice cooked. Fluff with fork/spoon - it's done! I allow about half a cup of uncooked rice per person.

after years of struglling with this very thing, i caved in today and bought boil in the bag

fantastic!
lol

I used to think I could cook rice fine until I got a rice cooker, wouldn't cook rice any other way now.

Skerriesmum, how do you cook risotto in the rice cooker? I've only tried basic rice in it.

I have the easiest idiot proof way of cooking rice. It has never ever failed anyone I've told it to. 1 mug of rice, 2 mugs of boiling water (from kettle) 1 teaspoon marigold stock (or any vegetable/chicken stock). Cover and cook in microwave on high for 8 minutes, then on medium for 4 minutes. Leave in microwave for another 5 minutes or so to finish cooking et voila!