Method and apparatuses for healthy rice cooking and removing starch in rice is disclosed. There is provided a rice cooker, including an inner pot, an outer case with control buttons, power input terminal, a thermostat component, a control circuit, a rice cooker lid and a heater plate. The inner pot is placed inside the outer case; the heating plate, the thermostat and the control circuit are placed at the bottom of the inner pot. A starch removing device is placed between the bottom of the inner pot and the outer case, the starch removing device comprises: a heating plate, power input terminal, a thermostat component, a control circuit disposed at the bottom, a medium case inside the outer case, a water storage trough at the exterior of the medium case, a water drainage trough between the medium case and the outer case, and a evaporating tube at the bottom of the water storage trough; the ends of the evaporating tube is connected with the water storage trough and the inner pot through channels, the water drainage trough is connected with a valve and the bottom of the inner pot through channels. With the use of the rice cooker, the rice can be soaked and cleansed with flowing water before rice cooking. This process removes a portion of starch in rice, thus lowers the starch content in rice and benefits human health.