How do I cook pasta in the microwave without making the texture weird and starchy?

Please don't tell me to just put it in the microwave. How can I cook it and AVOID the startchy-weirdness?How do I cook pasta in the microwave without making the texture weird and starchy?
those microwave pasta cookers usually are rated as junk or very poor when you check into them. they really are not worth the money.





In order for pasta to cook properly you need to use enough water to freely circulate and allow the starches to flow into then water. If you dont use enough, the starch just gums up the water. It makes the pasta gloopy and nasty.





The normally quoted ratio is a gallon of water per pound of pasta. Its not that some people cant get good results with those cookers, but its not a sure thing for everyone.





The best way is to season your pasta water with enough salt to make it taste vaguely like ocean water. The only time you have to season the pasta itself is while its cooking in the water. the salt will penetrate at that point. Bring the salted water to a full roiling boil and add your pasta. 1 gallon per 1 pound of pasta. cover the pot. this allows the water to come back to a roiling boil as soon as possible. Remove the lid and stir. stir until the strands or the noodles. are separated and flow freely. This way they wont be stuck together. Follow your instructions on the box or bag for cooking times.





Never. Never add oil to the cooking water. The oil will work against you in allowing the natural starches to help grab onto whatever pasta sauce you add to it later. It makes the sauce slip right off. You want that starch to grab onto and hold onto the sauce to make it a much nicer finished process.





If you cook in enough water, if you dont add oil to the water and if you cook and stir it properly then pasta wont be starchy and weird.How do I cook pasta in the microwave without making the texture weird and starchy?
You really shouldn't. Pasta should be boiled in water. I'm guessing that you don't have a hot plate or stove where you are. Microwave pasta is different from boxed pasta. You will always get the starchy-weirdness from it if you try.
Make sure you use enough water. If there isn't enough it allows the starch to stay on your pasta causing your problem. I live in a room and have no kitchen. I cook pasta in my microwave quite often and don't have any problem.
They sell microwave pasta cookers. Follow their instructions.





You can get a hot plate and cook it normally if you don't have a stove,