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    SteamedWhite Rice

    soak the rice 1 hour first ↓

    A grey bowl of fluffy steamed white rice topped with a sprig of parsley, on a wooden board1,500+ cooks
    • Total time:30min
    • Your hands-on time:6min you
    • Longest hands-free stretch:14min free

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

    How upliance makes steamed white rice, step by step

    Outside the jar · a bowl
    soak 1 hour
    Outside the jar · a sieve
    Outside the jar · a bowl
    +10 min in the bowl
    CHOP
    STIR
    HEAT
    MASH
    READY
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    Steamed rice. Done.
    6 min14 min
    1. upliance, upliance

      This cooks it.

      • MIX
      • 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 plain rice it steams: the rice soaks in a bowl first, goes into the jar once, and the jar does the rest. Scroll to watch it make steamed rice 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 cook 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. The jar gets fresh, measured water instead, so the rice cooks to the same texture every time.

    4. You, 1 min

      Tip it in, add water

      +−What goes in

      All the drained rice, then 440 ml of fresh water. That's the only drop. Lid and crown on.

    5. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 14 min

      Steams it soft and fluffy

      14MIN FREEmake the dal
      +−What's the jar doing?

      With the lid and crown on, upliance gives the rice one quick stir to spread it out, then steams it for about 14 minutes without stirring, till the water is soaked up and every grain is soft. No pot to watch, nothing to stir, no boiling over.

    6. Line drawing: a spatula scraping the jar
      You, 30 s

      Tip out. Rest 10 min.

      +−Why wait?

      Scrape the rice out into a bowl and leave it for 10 minutes. It keeps steaming in its own heat, the last of the moisture settles and the grains firm up and separate: that's what makes it fluffy rather than sticky.

    7. You, 30 s

      Fluff it. Serve hot.

      +−Finish

      Fluff it up with a fork or spatula and serve hot with dal, sambar, rasam or any curry.

    Where the time goes

    You: 6 min
    rinse · soak · drain · 1 drop · fluff+10 min waiting outside the jar, hands-off
    upliance: 14 min14 free
    mix · 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: 6 min. upliance: 14 min.

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    Plain steamed rice, the everyday way. Rinse 140 g of rice (basmati, sona masoori, ponni, kolam or gobindobhog all work), soak it for an hour, drain it and tip it into the jar with fresh water. upliance steams it for about 14 minutes with the lid on while you get on with the dal; rest it 10 minutes in a bowl and it comes out soft and fluffy. Serves 2.

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

    Ingredients (2 servings)

    Before you startsoaked 1 hour

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

    Drop 1steamed ~14 min

    • Soaked rice drainedall of it
    • Water 440 ml

    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 the soaking water run off.
    3. Drop 1 (you, 1 min). Tip the drained rice into the jar and pour in 440 ml fresh water. Put the lid and crown on.
    4. upliance, ~14 min. It gives the rice one quick stir to spread it out, then steams it with the lid on, without stirring, till the water is soaked up and the grains are soft. This is your free time: make the dal or step away.
    5. Rest (you, 30 s; then 10 min in the bowl). Scrape the rice out into a bowl and leave it for 10 minutes. It keeps steaming in its own heat and turns fluffy.
    6. Serve (you, 30 s). Fluff it up with a fork or spatula and serve hot with dal, sambar, rasam or any curry.

    Nutrition per serving

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

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