Let’s use rice cooker and eat freshly cooked rice!
2023.05.02
Rice is a staple food in Japan. Do you want to cook rice by yourself and eat freshly cooked rice? Rice cooker has many buttons, and they are written in Japanese. Let’s learn how to use rice cooker!
Buttons
- 炊飯（すいはん Suihan）Cook rice
Please push this button when you cook rice.
- メニュー（めにゅー Menyu）Menu
Please push this button when you choose the way to cook rice. (Please read the 「Indication」section for more details.)
- 保温(ほおん Hoon) Keep temperature
This button usually has a light. When rice cooker keeps its temperature hot, this light turns on. After the rice is cooked, this light is automatically turned on. After you remove rice from rice cooker, please push this button to stop keeping the temperature.
- 予約（よやく Yoyaku）Set the time
When you want to set the time when the rice is ready, please press this button. If you use this function before going to bed, you eat freshly cooked rice as breakfast and bring it for lunch. If you use this function before going to work, you can eat freshly cooked rice as dinner.
- 時（じ Zi）Hour
This button is used when you set the time when the rice is ready. Each press advances the time by an hour ( For example, from 7:00 to 8:00). Please push the button until the displayed time become your preferred time.
- 分（ふん Fun）Minute
This button is used when you set the time when the rice is ready. Each press advances the time by ten minutes ( For example, from 7:10 to 7:20). Please push the button until the displayed time become your preferred time.
- 取消(とりけし Torikeshi) Cancel
When you want to change the way to cook rice, please push this button. Some rice cookers do not turn off the light of 「保温（ほおん）」even though 「保温（ほおん）」button is pressed. In this case, please push this button. The light will be turned off.
Mode
- 白米（はくまい Hakumai）White rice
When you cook white rice, please choose this mode.
- 早炊き（はやだき Hayadaki）quick cook
When you want the rice to be cooked quicker than usual, please choose this mode.
- 予約(よやく Yoyaku) Set the time
Some rice cookers do not have 「予約（よやく）」button and you have to chose 予約（よやく）mode by メニュー button. In this case, after you choose 予約（よやく）mode by メニュー button, you set the time by 「時（じ）」「分（ふん）」button.
- 炊き込み(たきこみ Takikomi) Japanese mixed rice
When you cook Japanese mixed rice, please choose this mode.
- おかゆ(Okayu) rice porridge
When you cook rice porridge, like risotto, please choose this mode.
- 玄米（げんまい Genmai）Brown rice
When you cook brown rice, please choose this mode.
How to cook rice
①Measure the amount of rice
Fill the measuring cup by rice to measure the amount of rice. One measuring cup of rice is called 一合（いちごう）（Ichigou）. 一合(いちごう) is about two bowls of rice. Put them in the pot after each cup measured.
②Wash the rice
After you measure the amount of rice, please wash them by water. At first, water become white and cloudy, so please change the water until water does not become white and cloudy.
③Pour proper amount of water into the pot
After you wash the rice, please measure the amount of water. The letters 「一合」「二合」「三合」and are written by white ink inside the pot. White lines are written next to the letters 「一合」「二合」「三合」. The lines are the standards of pouring water. Please pour water into the pot depending on the amount of rice you put in.
④Put the pot into the rice cooker and press the「炊飯（すいはん）」button
Finally, put the pot into the rice cooker and press 「炊飯（すいはん）」button. If you want to cook rice quickly, or set the time when the rice is ready, choose the mode by pressing 「メニュー」button and press 「炊飯（すいはん）」button. When you choose setting time mode, do not forget to push 「炊飯（すいはん）」button.
After rice is cooked
After rice is cooked, please push 「保温（ほおん）」button or 「取消（とりけし）」button to turn off keeping temperature mode. If rice cooker keeps high temperature and rice is in there for a while, rice will become dry and hard. Also, if rice cooker keep high temperature long time, electricity bill will be higher. It is recommended that removing rice from rice cooker as soon as possible, put the rest of rice by plastic containers and store them in the refrigerator.
If you understand the meaning of buttons and indicators, you can cook rice easily. Let’s cook rice by yourself and eat freshly cooked delicious rice!
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