"Manda Ruby" > wrote in message
...
>I used to cook my brown basmati rice (imporetd) in a pyrex bowl using
> the sensor feature specifically for rice on the microwave. IIt
> requires to runt he cycle two times. I use twice as much water in the
> first cycle and then add little bit of water (like less than 1/2 of
> the rice) to the rice that still would have some water left for the
> second cycle. I didn't put all the water to prevent overflowing too
> much.
>
> Recently, I bought a microwave rice cooker so that I don't have to
> use
> "Rice" feature on the microwave and run the second cycle. I use 3
> times as much water as indicated in the manual and use a little less
> time than specified knowing that I had to reduce the time to prevent
> overcooking.
>
>
> My experince is that cooking with "rice" feature works better. Why
> do
> you think that is? Any thought? Next time, I will reduce the time
> just a bit. If that doesn't resolve the issue (of not getting the
> rice
> the way I am used to it), I should just try cooking with this
> microwave rice cooker but using "rice" feature (sensor program) of my
> microwave, running two cycles.
>
It's the "imported" stuff. It doesn't speak the same language as your
microwave, and it gets confused.