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Tips on making delicious rice
Select quality rice and a good storage
location.
• Choose freshly polished, glossy rice with a
uniform grain size.
• Store rice in a cool, dark, well-ventilated place.
Carefully measure the rice using the
supplied measuring cup.
1 cup (level lling) is
approximately 0.18 L.
Use the supplied
measuring cup for
rinse-free rice as well.
Rinse the rice quickly.
Pour rice in the inner pot and add plenty of water.
Lightly stir the rice and discard the water quickly.
Use cold water and quickly rinse the rice by hand
so that the rice does not absorb the starchy water.
Cooking rinse-free rice
• Add rinse-free rice and water, and then stir well
from the bottom so that every individual grain
of rice becomes immersed in the water. Merely
adding water to the rice prevents it from soaking
in the water and may cause improperly cooked
rice.
• If the added water turns white, we recommend
you rinse the rice thoroughly by replacing the
water once or twice. The water turning white
is due to starch in the rice and not its bran.
However, cooking the rice with the starch left in
the water may lead to burned rice, the contents
boiling over, or improperly cooked rice.
Adding other ingredients to rice
The total amount of ingredients should be no
more than approximately 70 g per cup of rice. Mix
seasonings well and then add other ingredients
on top of the rice. If other ingredients are to be
added to the rice, be sure to use no more than
the acceptable maximum amount (see the table
below).
Menu 1.0 L
(5.5-cup) type
1.8 L
(10-cup) type
Mixed 3 cups 6 cups
Sweet 3 cups 5 cups
Brown 3 cups 5 cups
• Do not open the lid during cooking to add other
ingredients.
• Add water prior to adding the ingredients.
Adding water after the ingredients results in the
cooked rice being too rm.
• The following cases may result in improperly
cooked or burned rice.
• When too much of seasonings such as soy
sauce, sweet cooking rice wine, etc. are
added
• When seasonings are settled at the bottom
• When ketchup or tomato sauce is added
• When other ingredients are mixed with rice
• When adding ingredients to porridge, add
water to the rice so that the water level after the
ingredients are added is not over the top line for
porridge.
Add water according to the type of rice
and your personal preference.
Amount of water to add
If adding more or less water than the
recommended amount, do not deviate from that
amount by any more than 1/3 of one line. Doing
so may cause the contents to boil over.
Menu
Corresponding scale (Use the
corresponding scale on the inner pot
as a reference.)
Plain “Plain” scale
Synchro-Cooking “Plain” scale
Quick “Plain” scale
Short “Plain” scale
Mixed “Plain” scale
Sweet (sweet
rice) “Sweet” scale
Sweet (sweet
rice and
non-glutinous
rice)
Between the “Plain” and “Sweet”
scales
Brown “Brown” scale
Porridge Hard porridge: “Porridge • hard” scale
Soft porridge: “Porridge • soft” scale
•When cooking rinse-free rice, use the “Plain”
scale as a reference but add a little extra water
(until it just covers the corresponding line).
• When cooking germinated brown rice, whole
rice, semi-polished rice, barley rice,or multigrain
rice, use the “Plain” scale as a reference.
•If the amount of water to add is specied on a
package of germinated brown rice or multigrain
brown rice, follow the directions on the package
and add water according to your personal
preference.
Read P.14 to15 for preparations
before cooking rice and P.16 to 20 for
how to cook rice.