Problem with rice cooker

[catriona]

I can't seem to cook basmati rice or red rice in my rice cooker without it sticking to the bottom. I mostly eat thai jasmine rice and I have no problems with it.
I tried using more water but it just ends up with leftover water when it's cooked and that horrible 'crust' at the bottom everytime. What am I doing wrong ? Should I not use the long grain rice with the rice cooker ?

[kirei_na_me]

Hmmm...what kind of rice cooker do you have? Truth is, I've never cooked anything other than regular short grain Japanese rice in mine. I have steamed vegetables, but no other kinds of rice. I have been planning to, but just have never gotten around to it. Maybe someone else knows more about this.

[bossel]

I think, you can't do very much there. It really seems to depend on the sort of rice you use.

[neko_girl22]

when I cook long rice, I usually use the stove / gas cooker not the rice cooker.
Do you still have the instructions? I know my rice cooker has different levels marked on the bowl for different ways of cooking rice. I'll dig out my instructions book tomorrow if I remember and see if it says anything about long rice.

[kirei_na_me]

My rice cooker says that you can use all kinds of rice with it, but I've just never tried. I have a National SR-MM10NW, 5 cup rice cooker. Having 3 sons, I will be getting a 10 cup rice cooker soon... :p

[kirei_na_me]

After looking at my owner's manual, evidently with "mixed rice"(that's what they call it), you are not supposed to use the maximum capacity of the cooker. I have a 5 cup cooker, but in my manual, it says only use up to 3 cups of "mixed rice". It also seems the cooking time is different. The "mixed rice" apparently takes less time to cook than the short grain Japanese rice.

[catriona]

It's a basic model that has only two buttons: cook and keep warm. It does say on the instruction booklet that results vary with different kinds of rice.

You may be right because I tried chinese red rice (short grain) and french red rice (long grain). The french rice stuck to the bottom.

I don't have a lot of space on my cooker so if I use a wok I can't have a saucepan for the rice on at the same time.

[jeisan]

you might try stirring it while its cooking in there...

[kov]

Originally posted by catriona
It's a basic model that has only two buttons: cook and keep warm. It does say on the instruction booklet that results vary with different kinds of rice.

You may be right because I tried chinese red rice (short grain) and french red rice (long grain). The french rice stuck to the bottom.


We have a Panasonic SR-GE10P and it definitely has different settings for long grain and brown rice. I know because I screwed up brown rice in it by using the regular setting. Haven't empirically verified your exact situation but it certainly sounds like you have a one-rice-type cooker.

[Feral-Darkness]

I think it would be hard to cook rice while sitrring it.
Any ways jasmine rice is very nice and easy to make, I stick with it.

Sometimes I make saffron rice but not very often "its pretty expensive but real good with grilled shrimp + fresh garlic."

[RLZX]

Hi all,

Wondering if anyone knows where to get replacement pot for National rice cookers? In particular, model SR-GE18N.

Thanks for any information.

Yours in the Dhamma,

ZhiXing