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Here's a traditional way to cook rice.

Ingredients (for two to three servings)

rice	2 cups
water	2 1/4 cups

Always rinse the rice before cooking. Place the rice in a large bowl and fill it with tap water.

Stir the rice with your hand a few times and then drain the water right away, being careful not to scatter the rice. Repeat two times. Now stir the rice again, this time with less water in the bowl, squeezing the rice in the palm of your hand as you stir. Change the water periodically until all the rice shavings have been washed off and the water stays clear even when stirred.

Drain off the water and let the rice stand on a sieve for about 30 minutes. This is to let the rice absorb the water on its surface so that it cooks soft and moist.