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western ppl in their expensive millionaire kitchens with every bleeding mod con going apart from a rice cooker!

tbf i don't own a rice cooker - one day, sigh - but i know how to measure water to rice

uncle roger otm, wtf is this

Ffs

I use a colander to wash the starch off the rice before I cook it, like you would with potatoes for chips or a bake. If I'm prepping it for a fried rice dish I use the steel rice ball, otherwise the rice cooker is the easiest way and they are cheap af.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pasta+method+for+cooking+rice&oq=pasta+method+for+cooking+rice

this was how every uk person of non-asian descent cooked rice in the eighties iirc.

It's how French people still do it!!

The 1 part rice/2 parts water thing is so simple and makes such decent rice I don't know why I need a rice cooker!

because they keep the rice warm when i'm cooking a few things at once like a curry and frying some onion bhajis, it takes one more job off the load, too much multi-tasking and whats left of my brain starts to melt!

that ratio sounds wrong btw!

well for basmati it would be! ignore me I only get the cheap rice in big sacks

I'm used to the rice cooker ratio of 1 - 1 and a bit

1 part rice to 1.5 parts water ftw. Turn the heat off and stick the lid on for 10mins after the water had soaked up or boiled away. Comes out perfect.

Works for me! 2 people = 1 cup of rice, 2 cups of boiling water, simmer for 15 minutes on lowest heat, turn off heat, cover with clean tea towel, steam for 5 minutes. Bob's yer mother's brother.

i think i cook rice fine but scraping the burnt ones from the pan is always an arse

That method is one of the few things I can be sure of in this palsied world. If that's wrong, I'm going full Captain Oates.

this was how every uk person of non-asian descent cooked rice in the eighties iirc

I was thinking about this the other day and idk if rice cookers were even a big thing in British Indian / Bangla / Pakistani households until a lot later than that.

Of course, even with a saucepan, as Uncle Roger says, if you need to drain the rice after cooking you've fucked up.

this was how every uk person of non-asian descent cooked rice in the eighties iirc.

I'll use a saucepan for my lol Mexican style sautéed rice or pilau, but rice cookers rule im

Heat a little oil in bottom of pan (with cardamom pods/cinnamon stick if cooking Indian), then toast a cup of rice and pinch of salt to infuse, then two cups water. Give it a stir, lid on until pan boils, then turn heat right down and leave it alone for 20 minutes.

that sounds good, but I'd usually add a good chunk of butter before serving.

Ooh, some ghee instead of oil would be the real way to go but I never buy ghee.

i think last time I got ghee from online tescos rather than local Asian supermarket I didn't check the weight and was disappointed to be paying just short of a fiver for a small little tin of it.

My Bangladeshi neighbour keeps me in biryani (she calls it pilaf), chicken curry and (most recently) a huge container full of lamb chops because she ‘always makes too much’. Not complaining, also that’s when I eat ghee.

I'm doing my own style biryani tomorrow and will put some chicken in yogurt and spices marinade later. After hearing an Indian master chef who owns restaurants in London talking about how a proper biryani is made, i should be shot for even using the name in vain lol I don't even add any saffron and milk to it these days. But i tell what it is still good food .. honest!

lol, btw gbx was right about pasta, you don't need to heat the water first. In fact you can soak pasta in cold water and just quickly microwave it. I would advise against it on pastas you don't want cooked too uniformly (eg farfalle, where the differences in done-ness is key to the texture)

i make my rice in the microwave and i make perfect rice every time and i don't make a big deal out of it

very averse to cooking in a microwave (haven't owned a microwave in 8 years so it's just as well)

I don't really understand rice cookers, cooking rice is the easiest thing you can possibly do, I don't need another appliance in my kitchen

idk why people dislike microwaves

Doing rice or pasta in the microwave feels like more faff than doing it on hob where at least you have control over texture.

my microwave is old and shonky but yeah i think i prefer being able to be hands on

The only time I've used microwaves is when I was doing this shite night-shift job in Woolwich and I used to microwave a muller rice pudding in the canteen. Yuck!

My mum used to kick some made-up bad science that they give you cancer and I think that has stuck with me a bit.

it's possible mine does tbf

if you haven't got space for a proper rice cooker, got one of these microwave lads and it is pretty much on the money every time and involves very little work - https://www.josephjoseph.com/products/m-cuisine-rice-cooker

A horseless cart you say? I will not entertain this satanic contrivance

my parents in law (korean) moved in for the pandemic. the first time i made rice with them here, my mother-in-law came to the kitchen to watch me do it because she hadn't cooked rice without a rice cooker in decades and couldn't remember how it worked.

yeah, i literally make rice w. almost every meal and i pour it into a lidded container, cover with water and put in the microwave for 8 minutes and leave to steam for another 8-10. it takes about 30seconds to prepare and the rice is ready and perfect every time.

i don't know why I would need more 'control'. There are advantages to having a rice cooker but they're mostly if you're making it in huge quantities or want to be able to keep it warm for a long time after.

that isn't any quicker than doing it on the hob

it is impossible to scald the bottom if you forget it, its also more energy efficient.

let us not forget that ur literally ilx-named after a gentleman who sought ill-fated shortcuts in situations of domestic heat-appliance

oh wait sorry he's the one who shot himself by accident, not ironed his shirt while wearing it, ignore

v impt distinction

guys are ye really still talking about rice

Keir Starmer drains his rice after cooking it

— marcus (@marcusjdl) July 23, 2020

he likes his rice like his politics

..blanched in his own mediocre tepid piss!

I don't really understand rice cookers, cooking rice is the easiest thing you can possibly do, I don't need another appliance in my kitchen

― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver)

i have very, very high standards for rice. i eat rice 3-4 times a day, and i am a gringo cooking for a majority southeast-asian family. a rice cooker is THE device, not ANOTHER device. I use it more than my water pitcher, my stove, my oven. my rice cooker and wok together account for 80% of my calories. i revere good rice, and the zojirushi is my altar.

fwiw i have found that most people will eat bad rice and think it is good rice, or even make bad rice and kinda choke it down knowing that it ain't ideal. but my zojirushi always makes good rice and sings 'twinkle twinkle little star' to me when i put rice in to cook.

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