Steam cooking
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Rice
Rice swells when cooked and needs to be cooked in liquid. The proportion of rice
to liquid will vary depending on the type of rice.
The rice absorbs all the liquid during the cooking process and so none of the nutri-
ents are lost.
Settings
Steam cooking
Temperature: 100 °C
Cooking duration: see chart
Ratio
Rice : Liquid
[min]
Basmati rice
1 : 1.5
15
Parboiled rice
1 : 1.5
23–25
Round grain rice
Pudding rice
Risotto rice
1 : 2.5
1 : 2.5
30
18–19
Brown rice
1 : 1.5
26–29
Wild rice
1 : 1.5
26–29
Duration