How to cook rice: in Asia, it’s no laughing matter

Food court operator and consultant K.F. Seetoh cooks his rice using a rice cooker so that the grains are cooked more evenly. For the same reason, chef Eric Low prefers to steam his. Ask self-styled “rice girl” Momoko Nakamura, however, and she swears by cooking over a stove.“It tastes better on a stove with an actual flame, instead of through an electric kitchen appliance,” said Nakamura, who never cooks her rice over an induction stove. The former producer for food shows now curates organic…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3097417/how-cook-rice-asia-its-no-laughing-matter