More than just a rice cooker

When shopping for a rice cooker, an appliance that cooks perfect rice every time is probably top of your list and the Panasonic rice cooker certainly delivers with delicious, easy to prepare rice for any meal. However, thanks to Panasonic you can expect more than just a rice cooker with an appliance that is incredibly versatile and helps make meals simpler and faster to prepare.

The technology found in the rice cooker makes it ideal to use for a range of cooking styles and ingredients. From the microcomputer that controls water absorption time for the rice along with temperature adjustment and maintenance, through to technology that determines the cooking of and the cooked quantity of rice, the features of this rice cooker offer a world of culinary treats beyond rice.

Panasonic has created a cookbook that showcases some of the mouthwatering meals you can create using a rice cooker, challenging the idea that this appliance is only for cooking rice. Think of Panasonic’s rice cooker more as a multi-purpose cooker thanks to the advanced technology found within.

Here is just one tasty dish you can create using a Panasonic rice cooker:

Seafood Tom Yam Soup Recipe

Ingredients

Ingredients A

Prawns…..……………200 g

Cuttlefish… …………200 g

Fish fillet………………200 g

Marinate above ingredients with 2 tsp sugar.

Button mushroom……………………………50 g

Tomato (cut wedges)……………………………1

Chinese parsley (for serving)………………1 stalk

Ingredients B

Chicken broth… ………………………..……….800 ml

Chicken cube………………………………………..½ pc

Chinese parsley root (bashed)……………….2 pcs

Blue ginger (langkwas, bashed)…………….3 slices

Red chili padi (bashed)… ………………………6

Shallots (sliced)… …………………………………5

Lemon leaves (tear)………………………………3

Sauce

Salt………………………………………………………………………..¼ tsp

Light soy sauce…………………………… …………………………1 tsp

Fish sauce… …………………………………………………………. 1 tsp

Green lemon juice (extract from 3 green lemons)… 4 tbsp

Palm sugar or sugar……………………….……………………….1 tsp

Chilli oil

Dried chilli (soaked till soft)…12

Salt………………………………….1/8 tsp

Oil… ……………………………….3 tbsp

Garlic……………………………….3 tsp

Blend together, cook in microwave oven on high for about 5 mins.

Method

1. Place ingredients B in the rice cooker inner pan, press “Menu Select” to select “Steam” menu, press “Cooking Timer” to 20 min. Close the lid, next press “Start”. Wait until beep.

2. Add ingredients A and sauce, press “Menu Select” to select “Steam” menu, press “Cooking Timer” to 8 min, next press “Start”. Wait until beep.

3. Serve with 2 tbsp chilli oil and Chinese parsley.