Cooking Rice / 煮饭

Cooking rice with TM31 is faster, healthier and easier too.

1st, you can do the washing in the simmering basket itself. I'll normally do 3 washes and drained. Put it into TM bowl, add in water just enough to cover the rice as you can see in picture.

For rice cooking, Thermomix can cook up till 3 cups of rice.

Turn on the regular T'T'S (Time, Temperature and Speed)

15mins (30mins for brown rice)/ 100°C (or V if doing combined cooking, i.e. steaming on Varoma) / Speed 3.5

Why is it healthy you might ask. This way of cooking, most of the starch/ glucose is drained out hence it is healthier, less fattening and good for diabetic people to eat with peace of mind.

Not only it's better choice for diabetic people.. The fact that it was a big health news about arsenic in rice is much to worry on. See latest news here: http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Metals/ucm319948.htm

"Published studies and ongoing FDA research indicate that cooking rice in excess volumes of water, five to six times that of the rice, and draining the excess water, can reduce up to roughly half of the arsenic content" - as written in the last paragraph of the site.

More about arsenic in rice and other food. I have shared this too many times, at times I couldn't even find the posts back.. Shall keep the link here: https://www.facebook.com/thermomixMY/posts/389455511145963

I will normally pour into a bowl, get it cooled then water my plants. See here for reference.

I heard that this remaining of rice water (米水/ 粥水), is very good for young children but of course not for us adults who is having too much carbo intake. The healthy way to eat is to go low on carbo and high on fats. I am still reading up on this part of LCHF diet. There were some articles mentioned that one should not be too worrying about high cholesterol level and skipping fats especially butter is not helping. Butter is a better choice compared to margarine. See picture below, even ants are smarter. What are we waiting for? (source from : Changing Habits's Page)