Re: [CH] rice cooker help, please!
Chet Bacon (chet@chetbacon.com)
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:48:41 -0500
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?
>
>
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