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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re rice:  +1 on the rice cooker. The alternative seems to be frozen boil in bag stuff or the dreadful parboiled/“converted” rice. Blech.[/quote]
Or....you could just cook rice in a pot! On the stove! You know like people have done for a very long time! Or over any kind of fire as people have done for centuries and millennia....How on earth is it that your only alternative is frozen boil?? Or a rice cooker![/quote]

I cook my rice in my microwave. Perfect basmati rice all the time, every day.  I can cook it on the stovetop, rice cooker or pressure cooker too.  I cannot imagine eating frozen rice. Mainly because of plastic, taste and waster of freezer space. [/quote]
Can you please share how you make microwave basmati? Proportions, dish shape/size, and time?[/quote]

I use a pyrex glass 8 cup measuring cup.  I make around  1 or 2  cups rice for each meal depending on what is on the menu. Family of 4. 
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I normally use Tilda Basmati rice, though any will work. 
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Take 1 cup rice and put in in the pyrex measuring cup.  Fill half way with water and with your fingers gently swish the rice. Pour out the cloudy water as much as you can without dumping out the rice. Do this three times.  Now, add 3 cups of water to the pyrex dish.  Microwave on 15 minutes. Since I do not know how powerful your microwave is, you can microwave for 10 minutes first and then check and then microwave for additional minutes.  Once the top layers of rice stands up, put in serving platter and gently seperate it so that the steam dissapates.  Usually we make it fresh so we just serve from the pyrex measuring cup and it is all finished at each meal.

There are other tricks and tips also. You can add some roasted cumin, salt, turmeric, butter or ghee and frozen peas to make an even more festive rice.

Adjust the water as needed for your rice and microwave.  If the rice becomes too dry or hard add more water, if it is too moist and wet, reduce water.  If you soak the rice in the water for 1/2 hour or more, you will need to reduce some water while cooking.

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