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peter07
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Gwangmyeong
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 Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: Cooking rice |
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| Can anyone recommend a rice cooker or tips on microwaving rice? I've seen the 30,000 won cookers and then ones that cost 450,000 won. I want to cook Thai-style rice or anything OTHER than Korean-style rice. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 2:27 am Post subject: Re: Cooking rice |
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| peter07 wrote: |
| Can anyone recommend a rice cooker or tips on microwaving rice? I've seen the 30,000 won cookers and then ones that cost 450,000 won. I want to cook Thai-style rice or anything OTHER than Korean-style rice. |
Korea, Japan, Vietnam, China, etc. etc. all have different strains of rice more or less indigenous to their countries and pretty much all of them prefer their own rice to others.
India does have several varities, and the long grained one is similar to Thai long grained rice.
Now, sticky rice is a different story - I don't know how that is cooked to make it sticky but if it's Thai sticky rice, then it's also a different grain than Korean rice.
So first thing you'd need to do is buy different rice than what is usually sold in the stores. I've heard one can even buy brown rice here but I think they were smoking crack because I've never seen brown rice here and I've asked students and they didn't even know what it was 
you might ask at a restaurant that serves the kind of rice you like and maybe they can sell you a few kilos or something.
anyway, good luck.  |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 3:23 am Post subject: Re: Cooking rice |
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| moosehead wrote: |
| peter07 wrote: |
| Can anyone recommend a rice cooker or tips on microwaving rice? I've seen the 30,000 won cookers and then ones that cost 450,000 won. I want to cook Thai-style rice or anything OTHER than Korean-style rice. |
Korea, Japan, Vietnam, China, etc. etc. all have different strains of rice more or less indigenous to their countries and pretty much all of them prefer their own rice to others.
India does have several varities, and the long grained one is similar to Thai long grained rice.
Now, sticky rice is a different story - I don't know how that is cooked to make it sticky but if it's Thai sticky rice, then it's also a different grain than Korean rice.
So first thing you'd need to do is buy different rice than what is usually sold in the stores. I've heard one can even buy brown rice here but I think they were smoking crack because I've never seen brown rice here and I've asked students and they didn't even know what it was
you might ask at a restaurant that serves the kind of rice you like and maybe they can sell you a few kilos or something.
anyway, good luck. |
The 30k won rice cooker is all you need (or a pot with a lid).
There are several kinds of rice, white, white/sticky, brown, purple, long grain, short grain ....
Pick your flavor favorite and away you go...
In the small stores you usually get big bags of sticky (polished) white rice but you can get all the rest in any of the larger grocery stores.
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peter07
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Gwangmyeong
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 3:28 am Post subject: |
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My girlfriend says the cheap rice cookers don't make tasty rice, so I'm thinking she wants a better one. Another guy I talked to who cooks Thai rice says he cooks it in a deep pot on the oven.
I also hear you can cook long-grain rice in a microwave, and I plan on buying Thai rice at the foreign store in Itaewon. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 3:34 am Post subject: |
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There are 2 kinds of rice cookers in Korea.
1. normal one
2. pressure cooker
I have owned both and I can vouch that the pressure cooker does cook rice a bit better.
Of course, grains are important, too.. you can't turn tasteless shit into something dellish even with a top of the range rice cooker. We rarely eat plain white rice.. I always mix it with other things like red beans, or mixed grains, or sweetcorn or peas..
Ours is about 190K (although I bought it for 120K in the sale!)... the difference, as they claim, is in the bowl.. some are made with gold (!) and some are a bit more ordinary.. and then some have more functions and some have less.. so really the choice is yours. |
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peter07
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Gwangmyeong
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
There are 2 kinds of rice cookers in Korea.
1. normal one
2. pressure cooker
I have owned both and I can vouch that the pressure cooker does cook rice a bit better.
Of course, grains are important, too.. you can't turn tasteless shit into something dellish even with a top of the range rice cooker. We rarely eat plain white rice.. I always mix it with other things like red beans, or mixed grains, or sweetcorn or peas..
Ours is about 190K (although I bought it for 120K in the sale!)... the difference, as they claim, is in the bowl.. some are made with gold (!) and some are a bit more ordinary.. and then some have more functions and some have less.. so really the choice is yours. |
But are the extra bells and whistles worth paying up to 150,000 won more? |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| peter07 wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
There are 2 kinds of rice cookers in Korea.
1. normal one
2. pressure cooker
I have owned both and I can vouch that the pressure cooker does cook rice a bit better.
Of course, grains are important, too.. you can't turn tasteless shit into something dellish even with a top of the range rice cooker. We rarely eat plain white rice.. I always mix it with other things like red beans, or mixed grains, or sweetcorn or peas..
Ours is about 190K (although I bought it for 120K in the sale!)... the difference, as they claim, is in the bowl.. some are made with gold (!) and some are a bit more ordinary.. and then some have more functions and some have less.. so really the choice is yours. |
But are the extra bells and whistles worth paying up to 150,000 won more? |
Well, let's put it this way, I like my new pressure rice cooker much better than my old, ordinary one. |
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Stormy
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
Location: Here & there
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| I use a saucepan & the absorption method. Works for me. The rice cookers are no doubt worth it if you're cooking a lot of rice at a time, but with just cooking small amounts I find the old ordinary saucepan perfect for my needs. |
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shifty
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:49 am Post subject: |
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I hesitate to stick my oar in here, reason being that whenever I cook anything, noone wants to come near it.
What I'd like to share is a rice cooker with brown rice and perhaps sweet potatoes cooked together, add a carrot and onion. When cooked shove kimchi on top. Proceed to chow.
A winner everytime. Only one pot to clean into the bargain. |
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