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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe something is wrong with me.  I follow the directions, rinse, use a timer, let it sit, but it always comes out mushy.  I’m otherwise a great cook.  I’ve learned to do a basic basmati ok, but only if I’m making less than 2 cups dry. More than that and it starts to get inconsistent. I don’t have a rice cooker, I just do my best and don’t make it often. But I can see why others get them.  Also good point PP makes about it freeing up the stove top[/quote]

What are the directions you follow?

Perfect basmati rice:

Rinse rice (or not; I typically am too lazy and cook it unrinsed)
Rice in pot with water - 1 cup rice, 1.5/1.75 cups water
Bring to boil, let boil a minute, reduce heat to low and cover tightly
15-20 minutes later remove cover and fluff with rice spoon, preferably - if you overfluff the rice you will break the grains and make it mushy

A note about rinsing rice: if the rice is clean there is no real need to rinse, rinsing only reduces the arsenic content negligibly, and it will wash away a lot of the nutrients. I have tried both ways over the last few years that I've become a curry hound, and I don't notice any appreciable difference in taste nor in the texture of the finished rice.
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