How To "desludge" Over Watery Rice

[Henrietta]

I've used too much water and ending up with a vegetable rice pudding as I chopped some spring onions and tomatoes and threw them in the pot.

How can I get rid of the excess water and restore the rice to it's original single grain consistency and while we're at it how do you make the perfect rice? When I use too little water it burns and when I use too much it becomes rice pudding.

What's the answer?

Thanks in advance. :)

[Lie-in King]

2 measures of water to 1 measure of rice, bring to boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pan & leave it for approx 10 minutes.

I can't help with the recovery of your "veggie rice pudding", I'm sorry.

[MargoTester]

Put it through a sieve - just a thought

[Hopkirk]

Once it is overcooked there isn't much you can do.

You need to use a colander or large sieve to drain the water when it is just right.

If you like you can follow this up by rinsing the cooked rice with boiling water.

[Mamyalynne]

Place your soggy rice in a muslin (or similar) lined sieve then when as dry as possible, fry it off in a drop of oil

[ethandron]

Can't you just strain it through a sieve or colander and rinse it with a kettle of boiling water?
I have a lidded plastic bucket type thing specifically for doing rice in the microwave, it always comes out absolutely perfect, I'd never go back to boiling it. And I use Tilda rice, a bit more expensive but I think it's worth it.

[ethandron]

Doh, all those answers weren't there when I last looked...

[Henrietta]

Dou you think I could put it in the oven to dry it or when I'm serving it do you think the microwave will dry it out a bit?

[Booldawg]

lol probs a bit too late now but I was going to suggest what you said; spread it out thinly on a baking tray and dry it out in the oven on a low temp.

[Hopkirk]

No, you have to chuck it out and start again.