OT: Rice Bowl In Steamer

I have acquired a Tefal 2 tier steamer but it didn't come with a Rice Bowl and I can't get one as this is an older model .

Do any of you have a steamer with a rice bowl? I was wondering if I can adapt some other container that would fit in to the steamer ....Is the bowl just a shallow bowl or ,as I expect,is the bowl perforated to allow the steam to percolate through or is it just a plastic bowl and the steam gets to the rice from above and around .

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fictitiousemail
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I find it easier to use a microwave. 1 part rice to 2 parts boiling water in a bowl with loose fitting lid @ full power for 10 mins. If you want savoury rice, crumble an Oxo into the water.

Don.

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Don

Go down your local Chinky Cash n Carry and get a bamboo steamer that fits snugly over the base in place of the original. Also find another bamboo steamer that will fit snugly inside your first one. Make sure both have lids. Total cost.....£4

BTDGGTTS....

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RW

All you're doing with the m/wave is boiling the water. You can't cook rice any faster that way than in a saucepan. And as for the Oxo...

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Huge

For sheer convenience, a simple and cheap rice cooker gives you _accurate_ automatic timing control that you won't find with a steamer.

Otherwise, any bowl liner that won't let dry rice fall through. A layer of fabric (synthetic fake silk) is enough.

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Andy Dingley

Put cupful of rice (the *only* time I use a cup as a measure - and that is the cup that sits on the second shelf of our cupboard, not some standard version) into just over half a pan of water (using our pan, of course). Swill round a few times by hand, pour and replace water. Then the magic, put it on the burner at 4, uncovered. (Doesn't matter whether this is gas, electric, thermonuclear, it is *always* 4.) When it starts to simmer, stir a couple of times.

Drain. Serve.

Experience tells you how long you can answer posts on uk.d-i-y before it boils ov

Damn.

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Rod

We found a metal colander that fit inside our medium sized pot. We can cook around a pound (500grams) of rice in it at a time. It has very small holes, almost like a sieve, which is ideal to use as a steamer tray. For five of us, it does the trick. Bought from the local John Lewis, but I think Marks and Sparks also have them. A fine hole metal strainer / colander with two handles on it. The bottom part where the holes are fits nicely inside a pot and is wide enough the top to sit the pot lid in it.

Hope that gives a bit of an idea.

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BigWallop

Every recipe I've seen for boiling rice in a saucepan takes at least 30mins!

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Don

Take a measure - glass, cup, bucket, whatever.

Add two measures water to saucepan, bring water to the boil. Add salt if required. Add one measure rice to the boiling water. Cover. Set your electric hotplate hob to simmer. Simmer for 12 minutes. After 12 minutes, turn off the heat. Leave on hob for a further 12 minutes.

Produces rice the way I like it. I usually rinse the rice beforehand, as I bulk buy decent unwashed basmati. The rinsing also allows me to pick out any stones.

Obviously, if it takes more than 6 minutes to boil the water, it will take more than 30 minutes.

This method appears to require the residual heat left after turning off a traditional resistive element electric hob, so might need adjusting for a gas or induction hob, for example.

I can do a decent stir fry while the rice is cooking, or a semi-decent curry (my ideal curries take several hours to cook, or even a couple of days).

Cheers,

Sid

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unopened

30 Minutes .Not that long surely..Just looked at the packet of Tilda rice I have and it says to rinse the rice,put in to boiling water,return to the boil then simmer for 15 minutes and rinse with boiling water ..
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fictitiousemail

You like rice manhole covers? Too each their own.

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Huge

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