It says 12 cup capacity, but will it work with a smaller amount of uncooked rice, such as 1 8oz. cup? Some of the other cookers use a 6 oz cup,is that the same for this Lotus?
86319
Yes, it works very well for 1 cup dry rice. I would also say that this is 12 cups cooked capacity. I tried 3 cups dry and had to put a tea towel on top to contain the sputtering out of the hole. It did cook it perfectly, but it can get messy the more you put in it.
86320
Oh Definitely! We only cook small amounts. To update my review there is some sticking to bottom. The appliance comes with one of those measuring cups. For 2 people we use 1.5 to 2 scoops of rice. Hope that helps!
86321
I have only cooked 1 cup (8 oz. by my measuring cup) of rice at a time and it works fine. They provide a measuring cup (but I use my own), on one side marked by quarters and the other side reading numerical values up to 160. I filled their cup and poured the contents into mine, and it came to 6 oz. according to my cup. I hope this helps!
1542492
It's 3.3 cups of uncooked rice, as it's name tells you. But those are rice cooker cups ... about 6 oz.
766555
I have cooked 1 cup of rice as the smallest quantity. I normally use 1 to 1 with my liquid (usually chicken, beef, vegetable or mushroom stock). Give it a try at 3/4 but use 1 cup of your stock and watch it carefully the first time. I bet it works just fine. Good luck!
652370
yes, it can cook one cup of rice. i have cooked one cup and 6 cups of rice in this rice cooker
1298773
On the actual box it says "10 cup" bowl capacity. Emeril's Cooking with Power cook book states "you will need a rice or multi cooker that has a bowl with at least a 4-quart capacity and in which you can saute directly in the bowl." This is odd since I think he tested the recipes for his cook book with the 10 cup bowl capacity multi cooker that I purchased. Therefore, I am thinking the 10 cup bowl capacity is adequate.
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I know it's been a long time since you've posted this, but I'd like to know if you mean regular cups, or the rice cooker cups? Cause I just learned today that those measurements are different. (Explains why my rice was crunchier than usual the other night when I was too lazy to wash the rice cooker cup.)I was thinking of setting this up to try this weekend, and you're the first one to post what seems to be a reliable recipe.
483383
5.5 refers to the dry rice. Depending on the rice, it will roughly double, so you will have 11 or so 'cups' of cooked rice. NOTE: A rice cooker 'cup' is not an Imperial cup (8 oz.), it is 6 oz.
1698079
The smallest amount if rice I've cooked was 5 cups of Japanese Sweet Rice. The rice cooker really know how to make the best texture & flavor when using the correct type of rice & setting. It's truly amaizing!
1007069
For white jasmine rice I use 2 of their measuring cups. This measuring cup holds about 3/4 US cup. Then using the marks on the inside of the cooker add water to the 2 cup level. Outside the container I add a full measuring cup of water for boiling, again using their cup. This works well for me. Note I live at 7500 feet, water boils at a lower temp and takes more to cook the rice. The main thing is the measuring cup that comes with the cooker is small and the lines inside the cooker are set for that measure. Brown rice takes more water in the outside boiler.
520487
The measuring cup used to measure dry rice has a liquid capacity of 3/4 US cups. I suspect that it produces 1 cup of cooked rice. The instruction book recommends soaking the rice before cooking, 2 hours for brown rice. It also recommends warming the rice for 15 to 30 mins after the cooker switches off. This requires manually switching to warm. You may wish to purchase a cooker with an automatic warming switch. Then the rice will cook and stay warm without further attention from the chef.
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I hope someone will answer this question! I also often only make 1 cup of dry rice and I would like to know if this cooker would do this well????Thanks to anyone who can answer this question!
844290
Probably one cup and it will probably not boil and bubble to the top. My minimum has been two cups - never have cooked only one cup in any rice cooker.
619584
cooked rice. I make 3-4 dry cups which fills it halfway. I think it would handle 6 cups dry
1839877
you can easily cook one cup of rice (2 cups water) in this cooker. I love mine, use it for small amounts all the time, you may wish to stir midway through the cook so it does not stick. I love my cooker.
619589
I think it is 10 cup cooked rice; when I use 2-3 cup of rice, cooker will get about half filled
289633
I would suggest no less than one cup; check the company website.I have 2 of these cookers, great products.
187431
This question begets more questions....I guess it depends on how big/busy of a restaurant you are talking about. Remember it IS a SLOW cooker. If you want to prepare soups you need to give yourself 6 hours for the soups to cook and flavors to meld. It will hold 6 quarts (192 ozs) which would only provide 24--8 oz servings. As for rice, I've never tried it to cook only rice, but my guess is you'd be better off with a large electric rice cooker as found in an Asian market....they're large and fast!