A quick and simple way of mak­ing the per­fect fluffy rice, with out the need for a rice cooker

Thanks to my friend Matt for teach­ing me the idea on this one.

Ingredients:

Rice

Water

Method:

1. Place 1 part rice to 1 ¹/₂ parts water (e.g. 1 cup rice to 1 ¹/₂ cups of water) in a pot.

2. Bring to the boil stir­ring occasionally.

3. Turn off the heat and cover the rice, leav­ing the pot on the cool­ing hob.

4. Leave for 20min (do not stir).

5. After cook­ing the rice should look like this, with numer­ous air holes in the rice.

6. Tip into a seive and rince with copi­ous boil­ing water.

Alternatives:

- (After step 2) Add 1 tsp of tumeric per cup of rice to give a beau­ti­fully yel­low col­oured rice.

- (After step 2) Add a few car­damom pods, some whole cloves, cin­na­mon and a bay leaf to make pilau rice.