seconds. Once the bowl starts to overflow, lift the sieve and pour away the milky coloured water. Repeat steps 2 and 3 twice more. Your rice is now washed.
Recipes
Mushrooms and Rice
Makes 2 servings
Ingredients
White Rice 1 cup (150g) Fresh Mushrooms (120g) Dried Mushrooms (20g) Soy sauce (2 tsp)
Directions
Wash the rice as normal (see How to Wash Rice). Then add water to slightly over level 1 for White Rice (no more than 1 ¼). Add the dried mushrooms. Clean up the raw mushrooms and break/cut into bite size pieces then add to the cooking bowl. Add soy sauce. Return the cooking bowl to the rice cooker ensuring the exterior is dry, select the ‘white rice’ setting and press Start.
Prep time: under 10 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes
Nutritional Breakdown
Energy – 628.2 kcal
Carbs – 138.2g
Fat – 1.4g
Fibre – 7.8g
Protein – 16.2g
Sodium – 592.4mg
Green Peas, Sweetcorn and Rice
Makes 2 servings
Ingredients
White Rice 1 cup (150g) Green peas (60g) Sweetcorn (60g) Soy Sauce (2 tsp)
Directions
Wash the rice as normal (see How to Wash Rice). Then add water to level 1 for White Rice. Measure out half a rice cooker cup of green peas and top up with sweetcorn then add them to the rice cooker bowl. Add soy sauce. Return the cooking bowl to the rice cooker ensuring the exterior is dry, select the 'white rice' setting and press Start.
Prep time: under 5 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes
Nutritional Breakdown
Energy – 638.6 kcal
Carbs – 138.6g
Fat – 1.7g
Fibre – 8.5g
Protein – 15.3g
Sodium – 698.4mg
Rice Chili Stew
Makes 3 servings
Ingredients
White Rice ½ cup (75g) 16 oz tinned tomatoes (454g) 2 rice cooker cups of rehydrated/cooked (or tinned) beans (220g) ½ rice cooker cup of sweetcorn (60g) ½ Onion (80g) Clove of garlic (5g) Slice of ginger (5g) Dried chili pepper (4g) Cumin (1 tsp) Oregano (1 tsp) Vegan Bouillon powder (1 tsp) Black Pepper ½ Avocado ¼ Lemon
Directions
Pour 1 lb of chopped tinned tomatoes into the rice cooking bowl. Finely chop the onion, garlic, ginger and chili pepper then add to the cooking bowl. Cut the green pepper and add to the cooking bowl. Add the spices and bouillon and 1 rice cooker cup of water. Ensure the cooking bowl exterior is dry and select the `Quick Cook' setting. While the sauce cooks, wash the rice (see How to Wash Rice - Method 2). Measure out 2 cups of beans and ½ cup of sweetcorn. After 15 mins of cooking, add rice beans and sweetcorn to rice cooker. Once cooked, serve immediately and top with avocado and lemon juice.
Prep time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Nutritional Breakdown
Energy – 982.8 kcal
Carbs – 179.2g
Fat – 19.0g
Fibre – 40.4g
Protein – 37.4g
Sodium – 630.3mg
Imo Gohan
Makes 2 servings
Ingredients
White Rice 1 cup (150g) 1 Sweet Potato (120g) Sesame seeds (a few pinches) Salt (3 dashes)
Directions
Wash the rice as normal (see How to Wash Rice). Add the washed rice to the rice cooker cooking bowl and add water up to the level 1 mark for white rice. Peel and cut the sweet potato into small chunks and add to the rice cooker cooking bowl. Dry the outside of the cooking bowl, return to the rice cooker, select the White Rice program and press Start. Once cooked, mix to mash in the potatoes then serve up and sprinkle sesame seeds and salt on top.
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes
Nutritional Breakdown
Energy – 645.9 kcal
Carbs – 143.1g
Fat – 1.3g
Fibre – 7.9g
Protein – 11.8g
Sodium – 532.7mg (This of course depends on the amount of salt you use. To be exact, this recipe uses 1.2g of salt)