I would second this. The burning on the bottom (from what I have discovered) happens when you put too much water for the amount of rice. The cooker seems to switch from cook to warm when the air inside gets below a certain steam-in-the-air mixture.
On 12/14/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:187812 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
