Brilio.net - Cooking rice with a rice cooker is indeed practical, but it does not mean it is without problems. Often, rice cooked in a rice cooker becomes dry. This problem is quite common.
This is usually caused by several factors. First, the rice is left in the rice cooker for too long. A hot rice cooker pan can dry out the rice, especially on the bottom and sides.
Second, it could also be because the rice cooker is left open for too long. This often happens accidentally, because some types of rice cookers are easy to open on their own. The outside air that hits the surface of the rice will dry it out.
Not a few people are then confused about processing this dry rice. Not infrequently then choose to throw away the rice. For some people, rice with a hard or dry texture is indeed less delicious to eat. In fact, making rice is a bit of a shame, especially if the portion of dry rice is quite a lot.
Well, if you have rice that has dried out in the rice cooker, don't rush to throw it away. Basically, the rice can still be turned into soft rice again and is suitable for consumption. Well, there is a powerful trick that can be applied to overcome dry rice.
This trick was shared by a TikTok user with the account @ownerbumicampernik. In one of his uploads, the account owner admitted that he had accidentally left the rice cooker open. As a result, the rice became dry. Even though there was still quite a lot of rice.
" The rice became dry like a crust because I forgot to close the Magicom, " explained TikTok @ownerbumicampernik.
To overcome this, the TikTok user showed a fairly simple trick. As reported by BrilioFood on Thursday (10/24), simply place a glass of water in the middle of the rice. To be safe, it is better to use a glass or food grade plastic cup. Also, make sure the glass used is heat resistant.
photo: TikTok/@ownerbumicampernik
After placing the glass of water, close the rice cooker. Leave the rice cooker in warm mode for about an hour. The glass of water that is put into the rice cooker will heat up and evaporate. Well, the steam will fall onto the surface of the dry rice and make it soft or sticky again.
" Just use cold water, because it will get hot later... so the steam will keep the rice from drying out, " he explained further.
photo: TikTok/@ownerbumicampernik
After an hour, open the rice cooker and remove the glass of water from the rice cooker. In the video, the rice looks fluffier and ready to be consumed again. You can easily imitate this trick at home when you find that the rice in the rice cooker has dried out.
photo: TikTok/@ownerbumicampernik