How To Cook Rice; (White Rice/Fragrant (Jasmine) Rice) - Hitachi RZ-PMA10Y Instruction Manual

How to cook rice

Cooking time
Power supply 220, 230, 240, 220-240V, Room temperature 25
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Cooking time depends on voltage, room temperature, water temperature and water level including type of rice.
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Cooking time (approximately in maximum minute)
White rice Fragrant (Jasmine) rice
40~45
Note : For Rapid cook program with rice more than the table above, cooking time may increase.
Rice cooking step for RZ-PMA10Y/RZ-PMA18Y/RZ-ZMA18Y
Push [JASMINE/WHITE] button to
1
select the menu.
Blink
2
There are 2 cooking method selections as
following:
2.1 Normal cooking
- Push [COOK] button
2.2 Rapid cooking
- Push [RAPID/STEAM] button
You will hear melody and it will start cooking.
* (Normal cooking and rapid cooking have different
melodies.)
Stir the rice as soon as it is cooked and you
3
hear the melody.
Keeping warm
• Though it could keep the rice warm over 12 hours.
It is not recommended to do so, because it may
cause odor and discoloration.
• Warming may cause dew drops accumulation
inside of lid, inner lid or inner pot. This prevents
the rice from getting dried, it is not the cooker's
malfunction.
When rice is cooked, it will be automatically switched to warming operation. If you do not want to warm,
8
push button and unplug.
Sticky rice
45~50 50~55
Blink
Light on
Light on
White Rice / Fragrant (Jasmine) Rice
o C, Water temperature 25
Brown rice
120~130
■ When plug is in, current menu
setting will be displayed.
■ Every time
selection mark
between White rice and Fragrant (Jasmine) rice.
• The cooker always starts initial setting with WHITE RICE menu.
• The cooker will not remember the setting when you select
FRAGRANT (JASMINE) RICE, STICKY RICE, BROWN RICE,
SLOW COOK, PORRIDGE or CAKE menu. It will be set back
to WHITE RICE next time.
■ When [COOK] or [RAPID/STEAM] button is pushed, the
time will not be shown.You will hear the melody and it
will start cooking. (Normal cooking and rapid cooking
have different melodies.) At steaming stage, the time
left (min.) will be displayed as below and will count
down by a minute.
Method
Type
WHITE RICE
FRAGRANT/
JASMINE RICE
Note for White rice cooking
• Every time after plugging, you could select cooking method
immediately by pushing
pushing button for rapid cooking.
■ Warm light will be on and warming
system will automatically work.
Please enjoy the rice as soon as
possible after it is cooked.
• LCD display will show passed
warming time from 0 h to 12 h.
(When it reaches the 13
it will be displayed same as
when cooking is started.)
• If the rice is not stirred properly, it may absorb steam and
become too glutinous or hard.
• You may see a slight dimple in the center of cooked rice, or
white and soft rice where it contacts the inner pot.
o C.
Porridge Rapid cook
Cup of rice
45~65 RZ-PMA10Y : 3 cups
RZ-PMA18Y : 4 cups
RZ-ZMA18Y : 4 cups
is pushed, Menu
will be switched
Normal cooking Rapid cooking
10
15
button for normal cooking and
th hour,
30
5
Light on