3/4 of a cup of rice is they use as a measurement for each cup on my rice cooker. then fill it to the 1 cup line. You are correct - follow the directions - lol My lovely wife did the same thing - she "thought"! Yes a sticky mess, but now she makes it perfect - actually the cooker does it.. cheers ChesterChile Jim Graham wrote: > 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? > > -- *-----------------------------------------------------------------* * Chet Bacon KA1ILH | Okay, who put a * * PO Box 284 | "stop payment" on my * * Southington, CT 06489 | reality check? * * E-Mail: | Homepage: * * chet@chetbacon.com | http://www.chetbacon.com * * chet_bacon@whps.org |<work> http://www.whps.org * *-----------------------------------------------------------------*