[CH] rice cooker help, please!

Jim Graham (spooky130u@gmail.com)
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:07:19 -0600 

I realize that this is slightly off-topic, but hey, the list is dead
quiet right now, so I doubt anyone will get TOO upset about it.....  :-)

Ok, I've heard that with a rice cooker, it's as simple as putting
the rice and water (both measured per instructions, of course) and
pressing a button.  A couple of hours later, you have perfect rice.

Uh huh.  Well, apparently I've found a way to screw up that which
cannot be screwed up...because my first batch last night was NOT
even remotely close to perfect, unless you want chewy, sticky rice.

Here's what I did:

   * 3 cups Jasmine brown rice (washed)
   * 3 3/4 cups (filtered) water (measured using scale in pot...from
     now on, I will be using the cup that came with the rice cooker)
   * set rice cooker on "Brown" and waited (had no idea it was going
     to take so long, but that just means I start it earlier next
     time...no big deal)
   * after it switched over to warm, stirred with the rice spoon that
     came with the cooker, per instructions, and allowed the rice to
     rest while I stir-fried the chicken/veges/sauce (which included
     prik ki nu fresh from the garden)

Result (rice):  a sticky mess.


After a bit of reading, I gather that, for Jasmine rice, you're not
supposed to add the extra 1/4 cup water per cup of rice, and you're
not supposed to wash it unless it comes from a source that implies
that it needs to be washed.....

Any help?  Anyone else mess up using the "always perfect" rice cookers,
i.e., am I the only one who has done so?

Thanks in advance,
   --jim

PS:  Does anyone know of a source for a good chart for steaming veges
     (i.e., amount of water to use and steaming time)?  Also, does the
     rice cooker switch to "Warm" when steaming, just as it does when
     cooking rice?

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