The key to Daiso's "rice cooking mug (for 1 cup)" is to cook "a little less rice"!

Recipe

for Daiso Rice Cooking Mug (for 1 cup) The "Rice Cooking Mug (for 1 cup)" from Daiso has been a secret topic of conversation for some time. It is a product that allows you to cook rice for one person without using a rice cooker, and the price is 300 yen.


The price is 300 yen. On the other hand, there were also some who said that it spilled and did not cook rice well, or that it was a little hard.

How to use the

rice cooking mug

(for 1 cup

) The rice cooking mug is available in two colors, black and beige. It is made of stoneware and is very heavy when you hold it in your hand. It looks more like a small earthenware pot than a drinking mug. It has a lid.


According to the instructions, all you need to prepare is 150 g of rice and 180 ml of water. Put the rice and water into the rice cooking mug, cover it with the lid, and let it stand for about 30 minutes. Allow the rice to absorb the water.



After 30 minutes, place the rice in the microwave with the lid on and heat it at 500W for about 7 minutes.


At this point, there is a fairly high probability that it will sputter. This time, with about 2 minutes left, the lid started dancing and spilling out. I stopped the heating, let it settle for a few seconds, heated it again, stopped it when it was about to spurt, and repeated the process two or three times until it finally finished heating.


Remove from the microwave and let it steam for 10 to 15 minutes. Then, after 15 minutes, open the lid and...whoa!



The rice is shiny and cooked properly! I guess we can expect the taste to be good, too.

I tried the rice cooked in the rice cooking mug (for 1 cup

).
When I tried it...yes, it is rice. However, the texture was a little dry and the rice grains were hard with a little core remaining. Maybe there wasn't enough water... or water absorption time?


So, as a test, I reduced the amount of rice to about 130g (4.59oz) and let it absorb water for 30 minutes with 180ml (6.09us fl oz) of water before cooking it in the microwave. Then...



It cooked fluffier than before! Even if not as fluffy as cooking rice in a rice cooker, it is still chunky and chewy and delicious. There is hardly any hard core left. Considering it was my first time cooking rice in a camping trip, I was quite satisfied with the results!

Moreover, there were very few spills during the microwave cooking process. Therefore, the editorial staff recommends reducing the amount of rice to about 130g (4.59oz) instead of 150g (5.29oz).

Should I buy a rice cooking mug (for 1 cup)?

It is convenient, but you have to take care of water absorption, steaming, and spills, so it might be easier to cook rice in a rice cooker.... In the end, it takes about the same amount of time.

But of course it would be useful in an environment without a rice cooker. It is also useful when you live alone or on days when no one else in the family is around and you don't want to go to the trouble of cooking rice in a rice cooker just for yourself. I can eat it straight from the mug, which I appreciate because I am a sloppy eater.

It is only 300 yen, so if you think it will be useful, you can buy it. I have no doubt that it will cook rice properly! Please consider it.