Cooking tiny portions of rice: possible?

[CoffeeMum]

I tend to freeze little portions for my toddler, and serve with either pasta or cous cous as they are easy to cook in small quantities. However, he loves rice, and i would love to offer this too, but i don't know how to cook the small amount required

Surely the pan would boil dry or something, if i cooked it the usual way? And i would make lots and reheat, but isn't that the classic way to get food poisoning? Don't really want to go down the boil in a bag/sachet route - not for food snob reasons, but it'd get a bit pricey i think!

Thanks

You can buy frozen rice at the supermarket. Then you can heat as much or as little as you want in the microwave. I do this, always have a bag in my freezer in case I run out of normal stuff. Tastes just as good as normal, although the 'value' ranges aren't as good as supermarket or brand name ones.

I've cooked and frozen rice in batches - it's fine as long as it's cooled and frozen quickly (like any other food) afaik - it's when you leave cooked rice out for a long time that you get the food poisoning risk.

If it's basmati then cook it in plenty of water for 8 minutes, strain and put it back in the pan with the lid on for 10 minutes. Obviously not on the heat for the last 10 minutes.

'tis the best way to cook rice IMVHO. Always lovely and fluffy.