I know the concept of only making enough rice for one person is an alien one here but I would like to know if anyone has seen these small cookers in any of the stores in CM? Tesco-Lotus Super Highway does not have them. I will be living in a monthly rental hotel and I doubt if I can use a small stove.

Bought small one from Carrefour (now Big C) many moons ago. Though always found rice cooks better when there's more of it.

Lazada.....

you can always buy steamed rice at the local food shops.

A rice cooker can work for many other cooking tasks than just rice. It can be use as a slow cooker, steamer, even a cake baker, if you got one with variable controls.

get a little bigger one , about 300b at Tesco

can cook pasta in it , oatmeal too , or just boil water for ????

there are a few websites that show you all kinds of things to cook in one , mostly aimed at students

Thank you all for your input.

Cooked rice keeps for a week or more in the fridge, I buy mine at the local market, consume a portion then save remainder for my next Curry

& one after that

john

Bought one last week in Siam Electrics and they have a load of them.

I bought a small rice cooker, Otto brand, at BigC. Been using it for several years. (The one I bought was gray & white, not hideous pink like the one in the photo)

I bought a rice cooker a while back but it's not non-stick. It's so much work to clean it that I just end up buying rice from markets when I need it. Some day I'll get around to buying a new rice cooker with non-stick.

Edited February 20, 201511 yr by Jingthing

you can always buy steamed rice at the local food shops.

Yep, you can. Should be not more than 10 Baht.

Makro sells redy cooked rice from Roza in flat plastic packs (six packs). Microwave for 30 seconds, done. Good quality too.

Most of the stores that sell appliances will have at least one model of a small rice cooker. But, as mentioned it may be a real cheapie and difficult to clean. I'd rather use a slightly larger one and have a non-stick pan and steamer tray. That way you'd have more options. We often steam fish with the rice cooker, or boil pasta or oatmeal. I think even one person would need a larger rice cooker to do that.

In the USA you can by flavored rice in small boxes

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dgrocery&field-keywords=flavored+rice

I normally add an equal part of regular rice or just half the flavoring

or sometimes I just put spices in the rice as its cooking , there really are no RULES

If you just need rice for yourself ,just add 1 cup,and enough water

to reach the 1 level on the side of the cooking bowl,all rice cookers

should have this gauge on the side of the bowl,

regards Worgeordie

Thank everyone for the input. I was looking for something small and portable in a back pack as I have not set up permanent rez yet. I will take a look at Siam Electronics and Big C. I know I can buy it pre-cooked but I like to add my own touches to it.

Thanks again.

you can always buy steamed rice at the local food shops.

Yep, you can. Should be not more than 10 Baht.

Right, though it's often the cheapest stuff, and not always cooked to perfection.

Not to get all rice-snobby here, but when you make it yourself you can just get the highest grade, or optionally mix two kinds, like mixing in some brown or wild rice. Hilltribe rice is also excellent.

And you absolutely need a non-stick one with a heavy inner pot. Cookers with thin tinny pots are terrible, and especially for small portions.

This is one of those cases where you should just get the most expensive one you can find. Typically Japanese.

Edited February 21, 201511 yr by WinnieTheKhwai

Yeah I bought my non nonstick one by accident. Didn't know any better. I like to use rice noodles instead of rice a lot in cooking though. Those you just boil and can also buy good precooked ones in markets.

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