Al dente

'to the tooth'[1]) pasta or rice is cooked to be firm to the bite.

[6][7] Molto al dente is the Italian term for slightly undercooked pasta.

[2][8] When cooking commercial pasta, the al dente phase occurs right before the white of the pasta center disappears.

The American Diabetes Association says that al dente pasta has a lower glycemic index than pasta that is cooked soft.

[9] Al dente at the Wikibooks Cookbook subproject The dictionary definition of al dente at Wiktionary