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    SteamedRice inSteamerBasket

    soak the rice 1 hour first ↓

    A grey bowl of fluffy steamed white rice topped with a sprig of parsley, on a wooden board6,500+ cooks
    ★ 4.6
    • Total time:30min
    • Your hands-on time:7min you
    • Longest hands-free stretch:24min free

    + Rinse and soak the rice 1 hour ahead (not in the times above)

    How upliance makes steamed rice in steamer basket, step by step

    Outside the jar · a bowl
    soak 1 hour
    Outside the jar · a sieve
    CHOP
    STIR
    HEAT
    MASH
    READY
    0:00
    Steamed rice. Done.
    7 min24 min
    1. upliance, upliance

      This cooks it.

      • BOIL
      • STEAM
      +−What is it?

      upliance is a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen. It weighs, chops, sautés, stirs and cooks, and the screen tells you what to drop in next. For this rice it uses its steamer basket: water goes in the jar, the basket sits above it, and the rice steams in the basket. Scroll to watch it from above.

    2. You, 3 min

      Rinse, then soak 1 hour

      +−Why soak?

      Plan ahead: rinse 140 g of rice in a bowl two or three times, rubbing it gently, till the water runs almost clear. Then cover it with 400 ml of water and leave it for an hour. Three minutes of work, but the hour has to happen before you start the jar: soaked grains steam through evenly and come out long and separate.

    3. You, 1 min

      Drain it

      +−Why drain?

      Tip the rice into a sieve and let the old water run off. Only the rice goes in the basket; the jar gets its own fresh water.

    4. The upliance steamer basket: a dark perforated basket with a wire handle
      You, 1 min

      Basket in, water through

      +−What goes in

      Set the upliance steamer basket in the empty jar. Then pour 1.1 litres (1100 g) of water in through the basket: it runs down below the basket, where it will boil and make the steam.

    5. You, 1 min

      Rice into the basket

      +−What goes in

      Tip all the drained rice into the basket and spread it out flat so the steam reaches every grain. Lid and crown on.

    6. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 24 min

      Steams it over the water

      24MIN FREEmake the dal
      +−What's the jar doing?

      With the lid and crown on, upliance boils the water underneath and the steam rises through the holes in the basket and cooks the rice for about 24 minutes. The water sits just below the basket floor, and every few minutes the blade spins it so it splashes up through the holes and over the rice: that is what cooks every grain evenly. Nothing to stir, no pot to watch, no boiling over, no draining.

    7. You, 1 min

      Lift the basket. Serve.

      +−Finish

      Open the lid and lift the basket out by its wire handle (it is hot: use a cloth). Set it in a bowl or tip the rice out, fluff it with a fork and serve hot with dal, sambar, rasam or any curry. Pour away the water left in the jar.

    Where the time goes

    You: 7 min
    rinse · soak · drain · basket + water · rice · lift out
    upliance: 24 min24 free
    boil · steam

    Plus, ahead: rinse and soak the rice 1 hour ahead. Not counted in these times.

    upliance: a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen

    You: 7 min. upliance: 24 min.

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    Plain everyday rice, steamed the clean way. Rinse 140 g of rice (basmati, sona masoori, raw ponni or kolam), soak it for an hour and drain it. Set the upliance steamer basket in the jar, pour the water in through it, and tip the rice into the basket, where it sits just above the water. upliance steams it, splashing the water up through the basket, for about 24 minutes with the lid on while you make the dal, then you lift the basket out and serve. No pot to watch, no draining. Serves 2.

    Indian, South Indian, North Indian. Vegan rice. Serves 2. About 30 min start to finish; about 7 min of it is you. Plan ahead: rinse and soak the rice 1 hour ahead. Cooked 6,500+ times on upliance.

    Ingredients (2 servings)

    Before you startsoaked 1 hour

    • Rice (basmati, sona masoori, raw ponni or kolam) washed140 g
    • Water for soaking, drained off400 ml

    Drop 1basket in, water poured through it

    • upliance steamer basket 1
    • Water 1.1 litres (1100 g)

    Drop 2in the basket, steamed ~24 min

    • Soaked rice drainedall of it

    Steps

    1. Rinse and soak (you, 3 min; then 1 hour in the bowl). Rinse 140 g rice in a bowl two or three times, rubbing it gently between your fingers, till the water runs almost clear. Cover it with 400 ml water and leave it to soak for 1 hour.
    2. Drain (you, 1 min). Tip the rice into a sieve and let all the soaking water run off.
    3. Drop 1 (you, 1 min). Set the steamer basket in the empty jar and pour 1.1 litres (1100 g) of water in through it.
    4. Drop 2 (you, 1 min). Tip the drained rice into the basket and spread it out flat. Put the lid and crown on.
    5. upliance, ~24 min. It boils the water underneath and steams the rice in the basket above it, with the lid on and nothing for you to stir, till every grain is soft. Every few minutes the blade spins the water so it splashes up through the basket, which cooks the rice evenly. This is your free time: make the dal or step away.
    6. Serve (you, 1 min). Lift the hot basket out by its handle with a cloth, set it in a bowl or tip the rice out, fluff it with a fork and serve hot with dal, sambar, rasam or any curry. Pour away the water left in the jar.

    Nutrition per serving

    256 kcal · 56 g carbs · 5 g protein · 0 g fat.

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