Re: OT - Cooking rice

"Dylan" == Dylan Sung <dylanwhs.tsktsktsk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Dylan> Since the topic occured in the tea thread, I thought I
Dylan> might show folks another way of cooking rice to perfection,
Dylan> and took the liberty of taking a couple of photos:

Dylan> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylwhs/243080144/

Dylan> By steaming, you don't have the problem of burning or
Dylan> crusting so long as your pot has water in to provide the
Dylan> steam.

This is the key to cooking rice in a pot without burning or cursting
it. You have to pay attention to the boiling water (by listening to
the bubbling sound). As soon as the water dries up (the sound
bubbling sound stops), you have to remove the pot from the stove, or
the off the stove. For better results, close the lid and leave the
steam as well as the remaining heat to continue to cook the rice for a
little while without external heating.


Actually automatic rice cookers does that automatically. They have a
heat sensor at the bottom. When the contents in the cooker is still
boiling, the temperature remains the same (at around 100 degrees).
After the water dries up, the contents still continues to absorb heat
from the heater, causing the temperature to rise quickly. The sensor
now gets heated to over 100 degrees, and would trigger a switch to
turn down the heater to a "keep warm" mode.


Dylan> Although I only used a cup of rice today, you can in theory
Dylan> steam as much as you want, by varying the cooking
Dylan> time. This is what was done in my grandma's day for each
Dylan> main meal. 3 bowls per person, and a house full of workers
Dylan> means a lot of rice being cooked. I don't think we got
Dylan> electricity until the early mid 1960's in the village in
Dylan> HK.

Electric, automatic rice cookers takes much longer time to the same
amount of rice than using a pot on a stove. Given the huge amount of
rice in your household, your grandma would have preferred staying with
the pot and stove! :)



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