Ingredients

serves 4

　　1 teaspoon salt

　　1 cup white rice (unconverted)

　　

Step 1

Bring 1 3/4 cups water and the salt to a rapid boil in a saucepan. Stir the rice into the boiling water.

　　

Step 2

Return the mixture to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer. Cover; cook without lifting the lid to prevent the steam from escaping until the rice is done (15 to 20 minutes; check toward the end of the cooking time).

　　

Step 3

The rice should be studded with steam holes when it is done.

　　

Step 4

Let stand, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes, then fluff the rice with a fork.

　　

cooking other rices

Step 5

This recipe can be used to make basmati rice, too. To cook brown rice, increase the amount of water to 2 1/4 cups and the cooking time to 30 to 40 minutes; check rice after 30 minutes.

　　Reprinted with permission from Everyday Food: Great Food Fast by Martha Stewart Living Magazine. Copyright © 2007 by Martha Stewart Living Magazine. Published by Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved.Martha Stewart Living magazine was first published in 1990. Over the years, more than two dozen books have been published by the magazine's editors.Martha Stewart is the author of dozens of best-selling books on cooking, entertaining, gardening, weddings, and decorating. She is the host of The Martha Stewart Show, the successful daily syndicated television show.