How do you make rice not mushy?

Remove your pan from heat and uncover, placing a kitchen towel (as described above) over pan to keep moisture from dripping onto rice. Cover the pan tightly with lid. Let rice stand, covered, for 15-20 minutes to firm up. Remove the lid and fluff cooked rice with a fork.

The most common ratio for rice to liquid is 1 to 2 or 1 cup rice to 2 cups of water which will yield 3 cups cooked rice. The formula is simple: 1-2-3. So if you were cooking 2 cups of rice, you would cook it with 4 cups of liquid to yield 6 cups of cooked rice.

Jasmine rice will have more moisture and grains will clump together, losing their structure when cooked, much like sushi rice. Simply put, Basmati will be fluffy and Jasmine rice will be moist.

Even though there are many varieties of rice, the ratio of 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice works for almost every kind of rice. One thing that can change while cooking your rice is the simmer time, because some varieties of rice take longer to cook, such as brown or wild rice.

Friction rubs some of the starch from the rice as it’s stored and shipped, and this powdery coating of starch makes the rice stickier. As an added benefit, well-rinsed rice cooks up lighter and fluffier. It’s also less likely to boil over and leave a sticky mess on your lid or countertop.

Jasmine rice Basmati takes longer to cook and is less sticky.

A typical single serving of rice is 1/2 cup for a side dish or 1 cup for a main dish per person. So one cup of cooked rice will serve 1-2 people. One cup of uncooked rice amounts to about 3 cups of cooked rice, so it will serve 3-6 people.

Most recipes get it wrong because it’s not widely known that jasmine rice is softer than most, so you need LESS water than normal white rice so it’s fluffy rather than gummy. Use just 1 1/4 cups water for every 1 cup of jasmine rice (the standard for typical white rice is 1 1/2 cups water to 1 cup rice).

The basic water to white rice ratio is 2 cups water to 1 cup rice. You can easily, double and even triple the recipe; just make sure you are using a pot large enough to hold the rice as it cooks and expands.

Khwanjai’s Top Tip: Remember, that Jasmine rice DOES NOT need to be soaked before cooking, you only need to rinse it a few times. Soaking it first will only make it soggy.

Rice Cooker Rice to Water Ratio for White Rice When cooking white rice in an electric rice cooker, the rice cooker rice to water ratio is usually 1 cup rice to 1 cup water.

To cook rice, the general rule of thumb is to use 2 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice. So, for 2 cups of rice, you would need to use 4 cups of water.

The variety of rice most often used by Chinese restaurants to make fried rice is American long-grain rice.

What Is the Perfect Jasmine Rice-to-Water Ratio? For stovetop cooking, use 1 cups water to 1 cup dry rice. In the rice cooker, use a smaller amount of water: 1 cup water to 1 cup dry rice.

Based on this, basmati rice is a healthier option, as it has a glycemic index of 58. In contrast, jasmine rice has a glycemic index of 69-80, depending on how it was cooked. The two have a high carbohydrate count, but basmati rice has more complex fibers and sugar, giving it the lower glycemic index (*).