Spec me a rice cooker

[Feek]

@Feek is that okay? What are you trying to see? lol

Oh sorry, yes, just wanted to see how it compared.

Here's mine, this is a cup of rice and a cup of water.

It's quite dense in the pan at the completion of cooking but fluffs up nicely.

 

[Raymond Lin]

I would put in a touch more water, it looks a bit al dente?

 

[Feek]

A bit what?

 

[Raymond Lin]

A bit what?

al dente, like hard in the center of the rice?

 

[Feek]

Nope, not that I've ever noticed.

 

[aVdub]

Not entirely sure if this would apply to rice cookers, but on the hob I've always gone by what I would shown and that is a cup of washed rice to a cup and a quarter of water.

Same cup.

 

[monkeyspank]

Trust the lines.

 

[arknor]

Trust the lines.

the lines lie , there probably not even optimal, but somewhere in between

not all rice types absorbs the same amount of water.
by types.. I mean actual types not brands.

 

[robj20]

Not entirely sure if this would apply to rice cookers, but on the hob I've always gone by what I would shown and that is a cup of washed rice to a cup and a quarter of water.

Same cup.

No. Rice cooker is generally equal volumes for white rice. Brown rice a bit more.

 

[Feek]

1:1 cup of water, cup of rice. It's the only thing I'll measure in 'cups'.

 

[mac1]

Any good rice recommendations, I’m going to both

https://www.exoticsuperstore.co.uk/ an Indian

and

https://longdan.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOopntyT91PwKf0RgOzPjC0PGG2vFYxUhyl5csarPZknwGqCfdjrg

an asian supermarket tomorrow so should have a good variety to look at.

For reference I normally use tilda basmati which I’ve found fine.

 

[robj20]

I just get what ever seems good at the local Asian supermarket 20kg bags and decent it into a food bucket.

 

[jpaul]

I'm still waiting to see a good deal on amazon <£2/kg for matta rice like https://www.keralataste.com/products/matta-rice-by-double-horse
for subscribe&save ... usually eat brown rice, but it's meant to be a good half-way healthy rice versus white

 

[JBuk]

Any good rice recommendations, I’m going to both

https://www.exoticsuperstore.co.uk/ an Indian

and

https://longdan.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOopntyT91PwKf0RgOzPjC0PGG2vFYxUhyl5csarPZknwGqCfdjrg

an asian supermarket tomorrow so should have a good variety to look at.

For reference I normally use tilda basmati which I’ve found fine.

We always buy Mai Thai 5kg Jasmine rice, we stock up when it’s on offer (currently £5.75 at Sainsbury) it’s decent enough quality and great value

 

[Efour]

Recently got a rice cooker. Used it twice now. Fantastic. Can't believe I've not had one before.

We have Jasmin rice and using a 1 rice 2 water ratio and it's working so far I'd say almost perfect.

I'm not a huge fan of rice because i usually mess it up somehow but this is almost idiot proof.

 

[Malevolence]

Picked this up the other day. Think I've got the rice to water ratio down, long grain white rice is 1:1.75-2

Will be having Loco Moco for tea tonight.

 

[robj20]

Looks more like a slow cooker. All the rice cookers I've seen rice to water is 1:1 for white rice.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Looks more like a slow cooker. All the rice cookers I've seen rice to water is 1:1 for white rice.

That's the "dumb" kind of rice cooker, the lid on it isn't sealed/latched down like the ones with fuzzy logic. It's simply a glass lid with a hole, holding down the steam from pure weight of the glass. The combination of boiling water on max with a simple lid would lead to more water vapour escaping. Versus a more sealed lid cooking rice in a lower than boiling point, thus allowing the rice to soak up water during that time before taking it to peak temp.

 

[Feek]

This is a good listen.

Witness History - The invention of the automatic electric rice cooker - BBC Sounds

In 1955, entrepreneur and engineer Yoshitada Minami, revolutionised rice cooking.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[chrismox]

I bought a Yum Asia Panda a while ago based upon the positive reviews here. I’ve not had a great deal of luck, so I thought I’d relate my experience in the hope that someone can tell me where I’m going wrong!

Ive tried a few different rices, basmati and jasmine. I’m measuring a portion of rice using the included 180ml plastic pot then washing it extensively before adding it to the cooker. I’m then adding water until it reaches long grain line 1 and starting the cooker on the long grain mode.

Once it’s finished (about 40 minutes later), I get rice that’s cooked but a bit goopy, hardly the light and fluffy perfection I’d hoped for.

Any thoughts welcome.