Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

Wash the rice to rid it of excess starch before cooking and measure the amounts of rice and water precisely. At no time – and not even for a second-remove the lid from the pan until you are ready to serve the rice.

Ingredients

  • 300 g/ 10½ oz Oriental rice

Method

Put the rice in a sieve and run cold water through it until the water runs clear. Put the sieve over a bowl and leave to dry for 20–30 minutes.

Transfer to a saucepan with 200 ml/ 7 fl oz water. Pu