That's certainly the method we follow when cooking it in a pan on the stove. And it's 20 minutes of leaving it alone.
The rice cooker is a little different though. Most of the ones I've seen have water level markings inside that correspond to the amount of rice you use. So if you use 1 cup of rice, fill to the "1" line. 2 cups, the "2" line, etc. That works out to 2:1 water to rice and that's for standard white rice. For a basmati, it's a little less water (1.5:1), for brown rice a touch more (2.2:1 or so). Then just close it up, hit the "on" lever and let it go. Then when it clicks to "warm" mode, let it sit for another 15 minutes. The boiling over problem is caused by the starch, so rinsing a few times first will wash a lot of that off. This is often a recommendation anyway in many traditional asian recipies. You can also let the rice pre-soak in the water to soften Also, it's just the case that some rice cookers work better than others. We've had our current one for about 10 years and while it's okay, it's not as good as some. When we moved, we actually didn't unpack it for several years and just opted to use the reliable stovetop method. We have had the same problem with the rice being mostly mush and then fried at the bottom. After using it for a while, we can get a good batch of rice now but not as consistently as when we use the stovetop. Good luck On 12/14/05, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To cook rice perfect - every time- boil water in a 2-1 ratio with rice - for > one cup of rice, two cups water. Salt the water if you want, but boil the > water, toss in the rice, turn it down to a low simmer, cover it, and LEAVE > IT ALONE. It will cook perfect if you don't turn, stir, shake or mess with > it in any way. > > - Matt > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:17 AM > Subject: Tricks to using a rice cooker > > > > So we bought a rice cooker the other day - our first real kitchen gadget I > > must say. > > > > Its a real simple thing, has a warm setting and a cook setting. Trouble is > > its so simple it didnt come with any instructions. We have kind of worked > > out that by trial and error its about 4:1 for water/rice, but the damn > > thing > > always bubbles out the top with a load of froth and then proceeds to burn > > the rice at the bottom. If you turn it to warm before it burns the rice > > you > > end up with some porridge like consistency. > > > > Any tricks we are missing here? > > > > -- > > Duncan I Loxton > > www.sixfive.co.uk > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "I can only please one person per day. Today is not looking > > good. Tomorrow isn't looking much better." Dilbert > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187800 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
