super p.i.t.a.

Learned how to make rice from an expert that was featured on a tv show...

first off, measure your rice, don't rely on the cup that comes with the rice cooker.

1 cup of uncooked rice should equal 150 grams

In a bowl filled with water, dunk your rice in and take it out immediately (if you don't the rice will start to absorb the water)

With you hand, lightly "scrunch" the rice 10 times

Let the running water pass over the rice three times, don't touch the rice

Put it in a container and cover the rice with water.

Cover the container and put into the refridge

Wait one hour

After one hour, add water, if needed to line up with the 1 cup line on the pot

Cook the rice

As soon as the rice is cooked, open the rice cooker and "shagiri" (cut into the rice) with the shamoji.

This is to let all the moisture escape from the pot

The rice comes out perfect, not mushy

I've tried to cut corners, but it doesn't not come out good if you do

It is super p.i.t.a. but the rice comes out super ono.

*Actually this was part of the instructions on how to cook rice in a donabe (clay pot).

I have not got the courage to cook it in a donabe yet, so I've only used his instructions on preparing the rice and "shagiri"

I want to eat at his restaurant to see how the rice that he cooks is.

*if you don't want to follow all the steps, just make sure to "shagiri"