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How to cook rice

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How to cook rice

White rice is a staple food in Japanese cooking, and an important part of sushi. The short grain rice called "uruchimai" is recommended.

Materials for 4 servings

2 cup uncooked rice

2.4 cup water

Regardless to the amount of uncooked rice, use 1.2 cup water for each 1 cup uncooked rice.

Cooking rice

With an electric rice cooker:
Follow the instruction of the electric cooker. It is important, however, to soak rice in water for 30 minutes. After the heat is turned off, wait for 20 minutes before serving of mixing with vinegar-sugar for sushi.

Without an electric rice cooker:
Find a deep pan of approximately 6 to 7 inch diameter and 4 to 5 inch deep with a tightly fitted lid.

Wash rice a few times. Drain all the water. Add 1.2 cup of water for each cup of uncooked rice. Put the lid and set aside for 30 minutes before heating starts.

Author’s practice is as follows. (Because utensils and stoves are all different, this may not strictly apply. Nonetheless, the author’s practice may guide to find your optimal settings.)

To cook 2 to 3 cups of rice, we use a cooking pan of 7.5 inch diameter. We use the smallest ring of stove top heater. We set the dial of the heater to 8 while the maximum is 10. The duration of first part of heating is 15 minutes for 2 cups of rice and 17 min for 3 cups of rice, after which we switch the dial to the lowest and continue heating for 10 minutes.

After turning off heat, wait for 15 minutes before opening the lid and using the cooked rice.