Brilio.net - Rice cooker or magic com has several parts with their respective functions. One of them, there is a basic part or also known as a heating element. As the name suggests, this part is responsible for delivering heat to the pan to cook the rice that is being cooked.
When the hot temperature is released too often, the bottom of the rice cooker pan will automatically easily burn black . These burnt stains are known to be difficult to remove, especially if you only clean them with a cloth or napkin. It's not surprising that many people try a number of tricks to clean rice cookers, one of which is using citric acid or vinegar.
But you don't always have to use citrus or vinegar, you can also rely on other simple ingredients.
A TikTok user @atinnurn shared how to clean a rice cooker without citrus and vinegar.
"Because it's often used, the bottom part gets burnt, it's already quite old," he wrote in a TikTok upload @atinnurn, quoted by BrilioFood on Friday (2/2).
This woman admitted that she only needed one ingredient, namely toothpaste. The trick, just smear a little toothpaste on the bottom of the rice cooker. Then, rub with a toothbrush until the burnt crust stains fade. You can repeat adding toothpaste until the results are really shiny.
Reporting from realsimple.com, toothpaste contains abrasive substances such as fluoride, bleach, sodium laureth sulfate, and others. That's why apart from being used to clean teeth, this ingredient is also often used as a mainstay ingredient for cleaning household appliances.
photo: TikTok/@atinnurn
Finally, if all the stains have been dissolved with toothpaste, clean the base of the rice cooker with a clean, dry cloth or cloth. Make sure there is no remaining toothpaste left behind, so that it doesn't contaminate the rice that will be cooked later. When it is clean, the rice cooker is ready to be used again.
photo: TikTok/@atinnurn
So, are you interested in trying this rice cooker cleaning trick? Taking a peek at @atinnurn's TikTok upload, there aren't many comments from netizens yet, but this video has already received a lot of enthusiasm, up to 6,000 viewers, you know.