Pest & I had a good laugh when we watched Alton Brown toss the rice cooker out the window in his episode of Good Eats, "Wake Up Little Sushi." According to him, a single function equipment should be kept out of the kitchen.
I beg to differ, Mr. Brown. The rice cooker is actually pretty versatile and is probably one of my must-have kitchen appliances.
When I first moved into my new not-so-sparkling Mumbai apartment last Saturday (I'll comment on that another day), I realize that the gas stove has not been connected and there is no gas cylinder. It'll probably take weeks before I am happily whipping up my favourite stir-frys or pan-grills.
The first three appliances I got myself for survival purposes were as follows: water kettle, rice cooker and microwave. Armed with the rice cooker, I got down to business.
Day 1: Rice + lentils with KFC 2-piece crispy fried chicken (Ok so I bought this! Yum!)
Day 2: Clear Veggie Soup (onion + nappa + carrot + black fungus + tom yum stock + egg)
Day 3: Mushroom Cream Soup (mushroom + onions + carrots + chicken stock + soy protein powder + milk cream packet)
Day 4: Rice with Japanese pickle pre-mix (Just dump everything in. Yum! Thank you, Japan!)
Day 5: Rice porridge with braised peanuts & salted veggies (coming soon)
Day 6: Beehoon with black bean mackerel (coming soon)
Day 7: Herbal soup with boiled eggs (coming soon)
....and the list goes on!
Conclusion: I'm not throwing my rice cooker out the window. =)
I beg to differ, Mr. Brown. The rice cooker is actually pretty versatile and is probably one of my must-have kitchen appliances.
When I first moved into my new not-so-sparkling Mumbai apartment last Saturday (I'll comment on that another day), I realize that the gas stove has not been connected and there is no gas cylinder. It'll probably take weeks before I am happily whipping up my favourite stir-frys or pan-grills.
The first three appliances I got myself for survival purposes were as follows: water kettle, rice cooker and microwave. Armed with the rice cooker, I got down to business.
Day 1: Rice + lentils with KFC 2-piece crispy fried chicken (Ok so I bought this! Yum!)
Day 2: Clear Veggie Soup (onion + nappa + carrot + black fungus + tom yum stock + egg)
Day 3: Mushroom Cream Soup (mushroom + onions + carrots + chicken stock + soy protein powder + milk cream packet)
Day 4: Rice with Japanese pickle pre-mix (Just dump everything in. Yum! Thank you, Japan!)
Day 5: Rice porridge with braised peanuts & salted veggies (coming soon)
Day 6: Beehoon with black bean mackerel (coming soon)
Day 7: Herbal soup with boiled eggs (coming soon)
....and the list goes on!
Conclusion: I'm not throwing my rice cooker out the window. =)
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