re: How do you cook rice?

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I certainly don't have room for random gadgets like rice cookers.

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Rice Cooker > Random Gadgets

Beside, I prefer the extra burner on the stove to a little extra counter space.

Boil it for 18 minutes in water with a little olive oil and salt, drain in a colander when the timer goes off.

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I certainly don't have room for random gadgets like rice cookers.

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What's random about a rice cooker?

Understood that. I just didn't get random.

Some families cook rice every day. My mother cooked it twice on many days. No comparison to a panini press. I suppose those days are gone though.

Rice Cooker


Before that is was the ole Knuckle meathod[/quote]

I use a rice cooker AND the ole knuckle method. I never measure anything. Drives my wife insane. Watched too much Justin Wilson as a child.

Mahatma, 2:1 ratio. I put Tbsb of butter in the pan on medium heat, then add 2 cups of water and crank it to high. Get it boiling, add a cup of rice, stir it, reduce to low and cover and after about 15 minutes turn that burner off. I have a ceramic cooktop, so it will stay warm for a little while even after it is off. I eat the rice whenever everything else is done. Never had an issue with it taking up space, because if I'm cooking enough to fill up all the burners I'm probably not having rice or I'm using the oven or grill as well.

My rice cooker cooks under steam pressure. I use jasmine rice and wash it first until the water runs clear. Uses a little less water than rice. I just eyeball it and add water until its just below the rice surface. The cooker has multiple settings but I always use the normal setting (45 min). It switches to warm when done.

Always comes out just right.

I put however many scoops of rice I want to eat into a bowl with the numbers 1-4 stamped in the side. I fill the bowl with water until the water is at the number of scoops I put in the bowl. I put the bowl in the rice cooker. I push the 'white rice' button and skillfully wait patiently until it beeps.