Hints And Tips For Tasty Rice - Hitachi RZ-EMA5 Instruction Manual

Hints and Tips for tasty rice

To cook rice with
good taste
Rinse the rice quickly and sufficiently.
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Rice absorbs the initial rinsing water which contains
rice bran. To avoid rice bran smell, quickly throw the
initial rinsing water.
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After rinsing, rinse the rice well until the rinsing
water becomes clear.
Warming up the rice
with good taste
When warming a small
amount of rice
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If rice amount becomes small,
put the rice into a mound in the
center part of the inner pot.
(This prevents drying up of the
rice and watery rice.)
Knowledge for Rice
What is wash-free rice?
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"Wash-free rice" is the rice which can be cooked
without rinsing (polishing). Fine rice bran which is
usually present on the rice grain surface has been
removed.
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Condition of cooked rice may be different depending
on manufacturing method and brand of "wash-free
rice". Adjust water and rice amount to your taste.
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"Wash-free rice" may not be available in some
area/region.
Why rice slightly burns?
This is to remove excess water content in the rice
and enjoy savory flavor. If you like to avoid burn, rinse
the rice well to remove rice bran as much as possible.
Wash-free rice and rice other than white rice can
burn easily.
Measure the rice amount accurately.
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Make sure to use the provided measuring cup to measure the rice
amount.
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Scale on a rice container cum measuring scale may be difference from
the one on the provided measuring cup. This may cause difference in
rice amount measured.
Stir rice after cooking
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Stir the rice at the bottom of inner pot without
pressuring it. This will evaporate extra water and
make it tasty.
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You should stir rice even if you want keep it warm
after cooked.
Avoid the followings to
maintain the rice taste
while warming.
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Warming for longer than 12 hours
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Re-warm cooled rice and adding
rice to warmed rice
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Warming with a rice scoop inside
the inner pot
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Warming rice other than white rice
(such as enriched rice, brown rice
and porridge)
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Warming of improperly rinsed rice
Water amount adjustment for each
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Adjust water amount depending on rice type to
your taste.
Rice type
New rice
Soft rice
Hard rice
Sprouted rice
Old crop rice
Long-grain rice
(Imported rice)
Wash-free rice Water level scale for
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What is "Super Rapid"?
This is the function to cook rice faster. Because
heating time and settling time of boiled rice
becomes shorter a bit with this function, rice may
become a little harder or less tasty. If you do not
really hurry, cooking rice with "White rice" menu is
recommended.
Note
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Rice to be kept for more
than 12 hours and rice other
than white rice can be
wrapped with plastic wrap
and kept in the freezer.
Taste of rice so frozen can
be maintained if warmed
with a microwave oven.
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Occasionally stirring rice is
a tip to keep the rice tasty.
rice type
Water amount adjustment Menu
Less than the water level
scale for white
Water level scale for white
More than the water level
scale for white
White rice
White
wash-free
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