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How to make rice?
noisyturtle:
I got this fancy new rice maker, and my rice keeps coming out mushy and gross. I am trying to get that fluffy nice rice and this is becoming frustrating.
Tried less water, tried more water, tried cooking for less time, tried adding milk. I generally make 2 cups at a time, but each time my rice is still mushy(not watery) and seemingly overcooked.
WTF am I doing wrong? The entire point of this rice maker is it's supposed to make perfect rice, but it's worse than my $20 rice maker that would always burn everything.
Right now I am doing the standard 1 pt rice 2 pt water, and tried 1/2 cup variations of less and more. Using just regular calrose rice in a Zojirushi rice cooker.
Any advice?
tp4tissue:
read tp4's rice hydration guide in the sig.
but the rice cooker itself may have specific instructions, it should give you some ratios in the manual.
fohat.digs:
I have had a couple of official rice cookers and they sucked.
These B&D steamers are the way to go - cheap, easy, fool-proof, and they can be used for steaming many other food items just as well.
Over the past 30 years I have gone through at least half a dozen of them - with strong regular use (ie multiple times per week) they usually peter out after 3-5 years, proportionally longer or shorter depending on use. $100 new or $10 at a 2nd hand shop, you decide.
Personally, after the 1st one, I have always bought the same model, used, so that I have spare parts, and I know exactly how to operate it.
I use about 20%-30% more water than rice (with an optional pinch of salt and splash of oil) and steam it for about 45 minutes. Done
pixelpusher:
--- Quote from: noisyturtle on Mon, 12 December 2022, 19:03:42 ---I got this fancy new rice maker, and my rice keeps coming out mushy and gross. I am trying to get that fluffy nice rice and this is becoming frustrating.
Tried less water, tried more water, tried cooking for less time, tried adding milk. I generally make 2 cups at a time, but each time my rice is still mushy(not watery) and seemingly overcooked.
WTF am I doing wrong? The entire point of this rice maker is it's supposed to make perfect rice, but it's worse than my $20 rice maker that would always burn everything.
Right now I am doing the standard 1 pt rice 2 pt water, and tried 1/2 cup variations of less and more. Using just regular calrose rice in a Zojirushi rice cooker.
Any advice?
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How long does it cook white rice? If it's going much more than 15 minutes it could be overcooked. Otherwise mushy is usually too much water.
noisyturtle:
The regular setting takes about 40 minutes. There is a quick setting, but I feel like I need to perfect regular mode first.
This time I soaked the rice for 1 hr as per tp's soaking guide (did not soak b4,) rinsed very thoroughly, and did a 1-1.5 rice to water ratio since this is short grain polished rice.
We shall see how this batch turns out. Either way, it's gonna become curry tonight.
Trying to get the rice perfect so I can do Koko Alaisa, because I'd hate to waste the koko Samoa
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