When I boil rice, they lump together after a while. How to prevent this? I boil rice often and then store them. Next day when I take them out of the fridge, they are lumped together in one structure. I can heat them and then press them to separate them.

The same even happens within the pan in which I have cooked the rice, if I leave it alone for some 10s of minutes once the rice is ready.

What do I do to keep the rice separate?
To get very separate rice I use a long grain rice, pre-rinsed and cooked at a 2 to 1 ratio of water to rice by volume.

There are three factors that affect the tendency for rice to stick together:


Length of the grain. Long grain is the least likely to stick together. Medium and short grain are starchier and are more likely to stick together.
Amount of hydration. If your water to rice ratio is too high, it will cause even long grain rice to cake together.
Cold rinsing. Rinsing your uncooked rice in cold water helps to wash away the excess starch. My basmati rice recipe calls for a rinse followed by soaking the rice in cold water for 30 min to an hour to ensure very fluffy separate rice.