I bought this new 1.8L Philips Rice Cooker from Courts Tampines this afternoon. It costs me S$ 199.
Yeah! I've a new rice cooker that comes with 3D heating function and a 6mm thick 5 layers inner pot. The 3D heating is to ensure even heating within the pot. While the thick pot is to resemble the 'big pot effect'.
Rice function
Let's wait and see... I'm cooking my very first pot of rice now, hehe :)
P.s I can even choose the taste of the rice I want it to cook, soft, medium, or hard *\(^o^)/*
The LCD light panel shows the progress of the rice cooking process. As the cooking progress, more LCD light sections will light up. When the rice is about to finish cooking, almost the entire LCD panel is illuminated :0
How exciting !
Here it is, my first pot of rice, soft and fluffy :)
The freedom to choose the taste of rice also allows me to cook a better plate of fried rice. I chose the 'hard' taste, the firmer grains give better fried rice texture.
Cake function
I tried baking almond cranberry butter cake using the new rice cooker. Despite part of the crust stuck to the pot, the texture and moisture level of the cake were good :)
Steam function
I also tried to steam a pandan cake using the rice cooker 'steam' function. The texture of the cake was soft :)
One of the new features in the steam function is you can set the cooking time. The cooking time will start when the water starts to boil. In this way, you can better estimate the cooking time without having to consider the boiling time of the water. A very useful function :)
The rice cooker steamed a soft and springy strawberry cranberry cake too. Steaming cake has never been so easy :)
Congee function
A pot of pork rib peanut congee cooked using one cup of rice was ready within an hour of cooking time. The texture of the rice grains was just right, soft but not soggy, still retaining part of the grain form. The meat was tender and juicy. Open a can of braised peanuts and added to the congee to become a perfect pot of pork rib peanut congee.
Soup function
The rice cooker simmered pork ribs in the old cucumber soup to the right tenderness without having to bother about the temperature. In normal soup boiling, we need to bring the soup to a boil, them lower the heat to simmer. You need to be watchful to prevent over boiling the meat.
With the help of the rice cooker, brewing soup is no longer tough!
Steamer rack
The new design of the steamer rack added a slot which allow you to use the rice scoop to lift up the entire steamer rack.
I am left with casserole rice functions to test thte rice cooker. Wait for my update :)
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