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Basmati is not a particularly glutinous rice. It doesn't have as much resistant starch as glutinous rice. Generally speaking rice is not particularly high fiber. If you include the the resistant starch then rices like Basmati and enriched white rice have about 1 gram of soluble and 1 gram of insoluble fiber per 100 grams which is about 1/2 cup. Cooking has little effect on fiber content of a food.

The general rule for rice is to add twice as much water as rice and let it cook until done. Basmati rice I usually let soak for 20-30 minutes. The rice will absorb all of the water. Adding more water will just make it watery:)

One thing that caught my eye in your response was the use of cinnamon on your rice. Cinnamon powder is essentially all insoluble fiber. Even though Heather says finely ground insoluble fiber with a soluble fiber base should be safe I have never found this to be the case for me. Instead of cinnamon powder I use piece of cinnamon sticks that I remove before eating. You could probably put it in the rice while it is cooking.

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