Having got cooking instructions for microwave brown rice from a british video and having tried them I found they didn't work. However I figured out why those instructions didn't work in time to fix the problem. British cooking times have to be doubled for America since British cookery happens at 240 volts and 60 cycles while American cooking happens at 120 volts and 30 cycles. Once I adjusted the cooking time the rice came out fine. So what I did was to rinse 1 cup of brown rice and put it in a large bowl with 3 cups of water. Next microwave on high power for 2 minutes then stir rice. Next and here's the modification I made, microwave on high power for 20 minutes. Today I did a few more modifications. To prevent boiling over I cooked 2 cups of brown rice in a casserole dish with top off for 2 minutes then I needed to cook the rice for 40 minutes along with 6 cups of water. I put a little olive oil in the water to preevent boil over and that worked. I also peeled and broke 7 cloves of garlic and put them in the water for flavor. I have curry powder but think I made a mistake by not adding a couple tablespoons to the rice when I added the garlic. I'll try that next time.
One thing I found out is brown rice does not cook up well in a slow cooker even on high with instructions I found. I refrigerated this rice in a covered casserole after cooking. I'll have the rice to heat later with cabbage leaves at least and maybe can get some other vegetables for it too. Sent from BlueMail for iPhone _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
