Tips To Cooking Great-Tasting Rice; (Preparation And Keep Warm).9 - Zojirushi NP-NVC10 Operating Instructions Manual

TIPS TO COOKING GREAT-TASTING RICE
(PREPARATION AND KEEP WARM)
HOW TO COOK GREAT-TASTING RICE
Measure rice accurately
Measuring Cup provided, as other measuring cups may differ. Levei the
^ rice off at the top of the cup to maintain accuracy.
Clean rice quickly
| Prepare a bowl to pooi water^
@ Rinse rice.First, pour pienty of water into the inner Cooking Pan from
the bowi and stir the rice iooseiy by hand. Drain the water
immediateiy afterwards. Repeat twice.
©Wash rice.Wash by stirring the rice by hand 30 times, pour pienty of
water from the bowi and stir the rice iooseiy again. Drain
the water immediateiy afterwards. Repeat this washing
process 2-4 times.
(3) Rinse rice.Lastiy, pour pienty of water from the bowi and rinse the
rice. Repeat twice.
(Compiete steps(T)~(3)within 10 minutes.)
Adjust the amount of water accordingly
Type of Rice Water Adjustment
White rice with germ Normai scaie ievei
New crop Reduce water siightiy from the normai ievei
Oid crop Add a iittie water to the normai ievei *
JKTo avoid boii-over, use the I SOFTER | menu setting when
adding water above the normai scaie ievei.
Do not use strongly alkalized ionic water
Do not use aikaiized ionic water that is over pH 9.
Rice cooked with strongiy aikaiized ionic water may appear yeiiow or become too giutinous.
the inner Cooking Pan
of the 1.8L modei.
Stir and loosen rice immediately after cooking has completed
Excessive moisture is reieased, resuiting in rice that is perfectiy cooked with a fiuffy texture.
Loosen the rice within 10 minutes after cooking compietes. Not ioosening the rice may
cause it to ciump, become wet or burn.
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HOW TO USE THE KEEP WARM MODE
When keeping rice in the Inner Cooking Pan for later consumption, use the Keep Warm mode.
The rice may deveiop a foui odor if the Keep Warm mode is canceiied or if ieft in an unpiugged Rice Cooker.
To prevent the rice from becoming dry, wet, develop an odor or turn yellow, do not use
the Keep Warm mode for the following:
• Keeping a smaii amount of rice warm for iong hours.
• Keeping rice warm for more than 12 hours (24 hours for Extended Keep Warm mode).
• Adding rice.
• Reheating coid rice.
• Keeping rice warm when it contains additional ingredients and seasonings (mixed rice or sweet rice).
• Keeping food other than rice warm such as croquette or miso soup.
• Keeping rice warm with the Spatuia ieft inside the Rice Cooker. „
' ' i^athcir rir*o in nontor
When keeping a small amount of rice warm, gather the rice
toward the center of the Inner Cooking Pan.
• As the amount of rice kept warm decreases, the rice may dry or become wet. To minimize
this, gather the rice toward the center of the inner Cooking Pan whiie keeping warm.
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