Re: [CH] rice cooker help, please!
Rael64 (z42dkm@yahoo.com)
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:47:51 -0800 (PST)
The simple answer is, yes, too much water. Don't add extra for any kind of rice. Trial and error will be your teacher, though, as is has been mine.
The long-winded answer is:
I think I mentioned to you before that I have a 3-cup Zojirushi rice cooker. I use the cup (which is not a US-standard cup, by the way) to measure the rice, and I use the corresponding markings (1, 2, 3) in the insert/cooker, although I do not actually use the recommended amount of water. I use less because I like my rice pretty non-sticky too, and following the cooker instructions exactly often leads to wet/sticky rice. I eyeball it, putting in about 1/4 less than recommended.
Based on what you said, though, yes, you added too much water. If the instructions that came with the rice said to add the water, bluntly put: never follow the instructions that came the rice unless you're cooking in some other (non-rice cooker) way. Use the cooking instructions that came with the cooker.
If the cooker instructions said add more water for brown jasmine rice, shame on them. Ain't so (he says in that Know-It-All tone). While I cook jasmine most often, I also cook brown jasmine, and other varieties, even wild rice. I still follow the markings in the insert as guide. I do add the full amount of water for brown rices, but no extra.
Of course, you mention that you used the "brown" setting, which I understand to mean the cooker will operates differently for brown rice than it will for white rice, but you have to tell it to do so. Weird is all I can say, but that's because mine just has one button: on/off.
Regardless, the only reason sticky rice is born is too much water.
Or you're making sushi, which I like...when well-cooked 8^p
Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles
Rael"...rice cookers rule, baby..."64
--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Jim Graham <spooky130u@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Jim Graham <spooky130u@gmail.com>
> Subject: [CH] rice cooker help, please!
> To: Chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 11:07 AM
> 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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