Debade
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Rice cookers are simple and makes great rice. They last a long time. It made our rice last night with the push of one button.
Can a rice cooker make tender brown rice in less than 3 weeks...if so I’m sold!!Rinsing does reduce arsenic, but only minimally. White rice has less arsenic than brown rice.
Can a rice cooker make tender brown rice in less than 3 weeks...if so I’m sold!!
Can a rice cooker make tender brown rice in less than 3 weeks...if so I’m sold!!
You are switching the hob on, right?Can a rice cooker make tender brown rice in less than 3 weeks...if so I’m sold!!
I used to get the Ebly wheat for salads but it’s expensive and may not even be available anymore (seemed to be a Waitrose exclusive in some stores, going back a few years), I like brown rice but cooking it is an arse and takes forever, I like meals to be done and dusted in 30 minutes (I sometimes buy the cooked micro sachets but they’re hardly inexpensive either!)Make life easier for yourself. Ditch the brown rice and use bulghur wheat instead - especially the coarse one if you can get it. All it needs is soaking and occasionally cooking on the hob.
I used to get the Ebly wheat for salads but it’s expensive and may not even be available anymore (seemed to be a Waitrose exclusive in some stores, going back a few years), I like brown rice but cooking it is an arse and takes forever, I like meals to be done and dusted in 30 minutes (I sometimes buy the cooked micro sachets but they’re hardly inexpensive either!)
Good point, there’s a big one locally...have to wait until I’m vaguely mobile again however!I use Tesco's own brand - or, as has often been the case in the last year, whatever they've had in. Think I pay somewhere around £1.15 for a half kilo packet. Worth having a squizz in any Turkish or middle eastern shops you have nearby.
When thinking about perfect rice everytime keep in mind different batches of the same rice will cook differently, ditto for more//less washed hydrated rice, ditto for different altitudes.Up until now I've always cooked rice in a pot over a gas flame, like some kind of savage. And actually it doesn't turn out bad, I've used Ken Hom's absorption method since about 1991 and no complaints from the family so far, barring some discarded rice occasionally when the quantities / temperature were maybe a bit off. But I am hearing really good things from other home cooks about rice cookers. Namely that you get guaranteed perfection every time no matter the quantity, that you can even prepare ahead of time and have it ready and hot for when the main meal is ready (or when you get in from work), that they have other uses (porage, soups, slow cook dishes), and that the rice texture is always better than you can do in a pan, even for a competent cook.
Do any CycleChatters use a rice cooker? Any thoughts on what brand, features etc? The main one I'm considering is Yum Asia's "Sakura" but I'm interested to hear about others.
https://www.yumasia.co.uk/conventio...a-multifunction-rice-cooker-with-ceramic-bowl