HOW TO COOK RICE IN A RICE COOKER 7 STEPS

1. Measure the rice with a cup and put it into your cooking pot. 1 cup of uncooked rice will generate roughly 1 ½ cups of cooked rice.

2. Rinse the rice 2 times to remove any pesticides, herbicides, or contaminants that may be present.

* * Run tap water in the bowl. While the water is running, stir the rice. Continue stirring until the pot is full of water.

* * Tip the pot at an angle and drain the excess water out. Hold the bottom part with your hand so that you can grab any rice grains that may fall with the water.

* *Drain as much water as you can.

3.  Soak the rice for thirty minutes, if desired. This is not required, but some people prefer it. It may result in stickier rice.

4.  Measure the water. How much water you add depends on what kind of rice you're cooking and how moist you prefer it. One rule of thumb is to fill the cooking pot with the same amount of cups of rice you used, with an additional ½ cup. For example, if you made 2 cups of rice, pour in 2 ½ cups of water. There are also graduated marks on the inside of many rice cookers indicating how much rice and water should be added. Follow the directions ;

•  Hom Mali rice, long grain - 1 cups or not more than 1 ½ of water per 1 cup of rice

•  White rice, long grain - 1 ¾ cups of water per 1 cup of rice

•  Brown rice, long grain - 2 ¼ cups of water per 1 cup of rice

• Glutinous (sweet) rice, long grain - 1 ½ cups of water per 1 cup of rice

•  For Indian style rices like Basmati or Jasmine, less water is needed as a drier rice is desired, use no more than 1 ½ cups of water per 1 cup of rice. Use only 1 to 1 if you washed the rice previously.

•  Add a little bit of salt, butter or oil at this time, if desired.

5.  Try to get any rice grains around the pot back into the water and level out the rice. Wipe the outside of the pot with a cloth or rag.

6. Place the pot into the rice cooker. Cover it, plug the cooker in, and press the switch to turn it in. The switch will click, like a toaster, when the rice is done. In some cookers, the rice will be warmed until you unplug the cooker.

* * Don't lift the lid to check on the rice.

* * The rice cooker automatically turns off

7. Allow the rice to "rest" for 10-15 minutes before removing the lid. This is not required but is commonly recommended in rice cooker instructions, and is automatic in some models. Unplugging the rice cooker or taking the pot off of the heat for this period will minimize the amount of rice that sticks to the pot.

 

Healthy Tips

•  Please note that washing the rice removes some of the soluble vitamins from rice, wash the rice just to remove any sand or dirt.

•  For the health-inclined, you may add some brown rice into the mix.