The best ratio of water to rice when steaming is 1:1.2~1.4.

The ratio of water to rice should be appropriate. Before steaming, soak the rice in cold water for 1 hour so that the rice grains can fully absorb the water, which can shorten the heating time and reduce the loss of nutrients. If you are steaming white rice, the ratio of rice to water is 1:1.2~1.4, and the water is generally 2~4 centimeters higher than the rice.

Add too much water, the rice is too soft, no taste, too little water, the steam out of the rice will be too hard, and may be pinched. If the rice with purple rice, sorghum or millet and other coarse grains, it is appropriate to add more water, because coarse grains are very "water".

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Also, the rice cooker gear should be selected. Generally speaking, different gears to cook out of the rice makes a difference, "rice" a gear to cook out of the rice taste soft hardness moderate;

"Fast cooking" is also soft hardness moderate, but the speed of the time can be saved nearly half of the time, very suitable for office workers; The "soft" cooking rice taste more water content but will not stick to the teeth, suitable for the use of the elderly at home; "hard" gear cooking rice particles full, suitable for young people to eat.

Generally, when the rice cooker "trips", it means that the rice is already cooked, but if you open the lid at this time to serve rice, you will find that the surface layer of rice is very thin, and the bottom of the pot is tightly stuck with a layer of potpourri. Not only is this layer of potpourri impossible to get out, but it's also hard to clean.

The correct approach is that when the heating switch jumped to the insulation switch, do not immediately pull the plug, so that it is in a state of insulation for 5 minutes, after pulling the plug to let the rice continue to simmer for 5 minutes, so that the steamed rice tastes better, but also not easy to stick to the pot.

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