Making oatmeal in your rice cooker (an Aroma) is just as easy and delicious. All you do is pour the ingredents for the meal into the inner pot.
The inner pot is marked with measurements around the sides, and it’s black. For instance, you begin with a cup of oats; this will be your base to which everything else will be added.
Setting Up the Cooker
Then you throw in half a cup of fresh blueberries. And they go on top of the rolled oats. You can see where to fill up with water from the faint lines in the bottom of the pot, though you won’t have to reference those quite yet. Just plop the berries right in. They stands out so brightly against the pale oats.
Then you sweeten it a little bit. Use half a tablespoon of brown sugar. Coconut sugar would be a nice addition here as well. Sprinkle in a dash of cinnamon powder, too. That warms up the taste.
Then, you stir it all up with a spoon.
Ratio of liquids
Follow the old rules when it comes to cooking with rice. Use one part rice and two parts liquid. If you’re using one cup of oatmeal, then you’ll need two cups of liquid.
For this batch, you opt for milk. Of course, you can also substitute water if desired. Using milk make the finished product creamier. Pour it in up to the right amount.
It’s all looking good and ready to go. Don’t worry about stirring anymore. Let the machine handle it.
Then you shut the lid and read through the control panel. There are many buttons for various settings. It has options for white rice, brown rice, and even quinoa.
What’s this? You scan for the oatmeal option. According to the directions, choose the White Rice program. Odd, you think to yourself. Oatmeal usually has its own button. Some sort of porridge or oatmeal option.
But you go with what they tell you specifically. You hit the White Rice button. Dashes in red flash on the digital display. Then it begins to cook. It runs for roughly forty minutes. Walk away, let it do its thing.
Then it’s time. You pop open the lid. A cloud of steam rises upward into your face. The oatmeal has soaked up the milk. The blueberries is broken open a little bit.
It resembles a bowl of warm, creamy porridge. You reach for one of the white ceramic mug. You scoop some into a mug. The oatmeal fits neatly inside.
It is soft and tenderized. It was cooked perfectly. No crunchy clumps of oats. There is just bites of sweet blueberry throughout. There is no need to pour on more sugar at this point. Enough was used at the beginning.
Then, of course, there are some toppings. Chopped walnuts add a nice crunch. There is some diced white cubes. Maybe they are crystallized ginger? Maybe coconut?
Sprinkle green pumpkin seeds on top. It totally changes the texture. Add whatever kind of nuts you want. It is optional but highly recommended. Makes it feel more like a meal.
Sit down and eat it. It is a quiet breakfast meal. It is perfect for the rice cooker. No mess to wash off the stove. One pot to wash.
It’s also easy and convenient: no more boiling over, no more watching a pot, no more waiting for it to cool down. Just select the White Rice program and let it handle the rest.
As for ingredients, one cup of dry oats is ideal. Two cups of liquid are a must. Despite its name, the “white rice” button gets it done in the proper amount of time. That makes your morning mealtime even simpler.
No more juggling several pots. Just the cooker and a spoon is all you need.