Cooking rice with solar and towels

[watervole]

Take one cup of rice and two cups of water (will do three people). 

If you want more or less, just maintain the one to two ratio on volume.

Boil water and simmer for a minute or so while the sun is shining.  

Turn off the ring and wrap a nice fluffy towel around and over the pan. 

Come back in half and hour  of so and give it a stir (most of the water will already have been absorbed, this just mixes the remainder in evenly).  Replace towel. 

Come back some time in the next hour or two and eat nice fluffy rice.  All the water will now be absorbed.

You don't have to watch it.  It never boils over.  You don't have to time it exactly and it makes great rice.

Comments

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

This is, IMHO, the best way to cook rice. It is also the most difficult. I don't actually bother with a towel - but I do keep the lid on. It does however take around half an hour minimum - and yes, steamed rice can be kept for ages before serving :-)

My mate Norman (who is chinese) goes for slightly less water than a two to one ratio. However I normally boil the water too long - thus losing water that way, and would prefer to err on the side of over cooking rather than undercooking rice. He also uses electric steamers :-)

My second favourite method for cooking rice is my microwave rice cooker. This is just a plastic bowl with a two part lid. I guess the microwave works at around 800W - ie more than your electricity generation, but maybe it would work fine on half power.

[davidwake.livejournal.com]

There's a book here: "Cooking with Solar Power". You have one recipe already, so go to it.

[auntygillian.livejournal.com]

Or 'Frugal cooking for anyone' (since the method is about turning off the heat, as well as cooking on solar power when its sunny).

I love the idea of a recipe collection of stews/one pots that are left off the heat to continue cooking.
Or 'Making rice while the sun shines'

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the instructions. I love rice, unfortunately I am the only one in the family. I will adjust the amount of the rice and water to my needs.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Let me know how successful you are.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

I will!!!:-)