We don’t use a/an before uncountable nouns:
Could I have rice instead of potatoes with my fish?
Not: Could I have a rice
I hope we have nice weather.
Not: I hope we have a nice weather.
We can use the before uncountable nouns when they refer to a specific example:
The rice we bought in the Thai shop is much better than the supermarket rice.
The weather was awful last summer.
To talk about an individual quantity or more than one quantity of an uncountable noun, we use expressions such as a bit of, a piece of or a [specific measure] of:
That’s an amazing bit of news.
Not: That’s an amazing news.
We just made a big bowl of pasta.
Not: We just made a pasta.
Could I have a litre of milk, please?
Not: Could I have a milk, please?
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