Hello Mom and Sista!!! I want to share a good article with you. This article is still talking about cooking rice in so many way but the result is still good. This article will tell you different way of cooking rice. Yes!!! We’ll use Microwave rice cooker.

Actually this method in cooking rice is familiar. We used to cook rice in Rice Cooker but why some of people choose Microwave rice cooker. Yup …. Anyone who have microwave at home, now you don’t need to buy rice cooker in order to cook rice.

So … how do we use microwave to replace the rice cooker? It’s a piece of cake. You only have to buy container or rice pot that safe for microwave usage. What kind of container do you need ? Just search Microwave rice cooker and you will find a lot of brands with different material and tenancy.

It feels interesting, isn’t it? Let’s get the bottom of it, why do so many people choose Microwave rice cooker instead of rice cooker. Of course the first thing that comes up to mind is the price is cheaper. If you only live with a small family, this microwave rice cooker is the right choice. The price comparation between rice cooker and microwave rice cooker is $300 to $ 16.

The other purpose you choose microwave rice cooker is you don’t need to clean a lot of stuff. If you use rice cooker you need to clean the lid, a little cup for water discharging, a plastic ring and the base. Don’t forget you need to clean the bottom of the rice cooker which is narrow. Hufft … so many stuff should be cleaned, but for microwave rice cooker you only need to clean the base and lid. The good news is we could clean it in dishwasher.

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Moms and Sista, do you want to hear another good news? Other than cheaper and less clean up, the taste of the cooked rice is as fluffy as cooking in rice cooker. Even the smell, the looks and also the taste is the same.

What about the time of cooking and also the proportion between water and rice? Could we cooked as simple as cooking in rice cooker? Of course you have to know about the proportion so that you could have the best cooked rice. You will have dry rice if we add the water too little or even have a soggy rice if we used too much water.

So the proportion between water and rice if you want to cook in microwave rice cooker is 2 ¼ water to 1 ½ rice.

How do we cook with Microwave rice cooker?

  • Put the rice (white rice, jasmine, sushi rice or basmati) in container or pot for microwave usage.
  • Rinse the rice with cool water in order to clean it from dirt, dust or starch. Repeat rinsing it 2 until 3 times.
  • Put in the water after rinsing it based on above ratio. (2 ¼ water to 1 ½ rice)
  • Close the safety container or pot by putting the lid. Avoid using the tight lid pot. Because if the pot hasn’t have air vents, the lid will be exploded.
  • Set 5 minutes on high and continue with 50% power in 15 minutes. And you have to leave the rice without open the lid for 5 minutes more.

After the process of cooking the rice is done, you will be served with 3 cups of cooked rice. How amazing, isn’t it? Simple but the result is the same with cooking in rice cooker. Well that’s it our article about Microwave rice cooker. Please another article in our website. (cuckoo rice cooker)

Moms and Sista, we hope our article answer your curiosity about Microwave rice cooker. Our next article will be come up with another amazing story. Please find our next page with the title Rice Cooker Philips. See you!!!