Damon,
My guess is that you are either talking about a half cup of rice or a half Ohsawa Pot (OP) of rice.
I recommend that you start out with a full cup of rice because it is easier to do the math..
With the OP, for cooking brown rice it is recommended that one uses a cup and a quarter (1.25 cup) of water mixed with each cup of rice!
In future pots of rice, you might want to soak the rice between one hour and eight (overnight), add a small knob of ginger, a small piece of kombu, along with the ever present pinch of sea salt used with each cup of brown rice.
I like to add a fraction of some other cereal grain or lotus seeds to give me variety, and of course there is millet and other grains that you can cook in the OP, as well.
in the pressure cooker (PC), you will want to add up to 2 cups of spring, well or purified water, and then after tying the lid to the OP, you can either turn on the heat or put the PC cover on securely with rocker properly attached and turn the flame on high and keep an eye on the pot until the pressure gets to be so much that the rockers is jiggling violently and if you wish, put the pressure cooker atop a flame tamer that is preheated and have the flame on low so the pot can cook 50 minutes or longer.
You can keep the op cooked food out in a cool pantry with a sushi mat on top for a day or two or refrigerated with the rope secure on the lid for several days.
You might want to invest in a soft plastic scrubber to wash the pot after you've finished with it's contents.
Read: "
What about Ohsawa Pots!" for more information.
Enjoy the use of your OP!
Thank you, very much.
Bruce Paine
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Originally Posted by damon
Hi,
I just received my small Ohsawa Pot yesterday and am somewhat confused by the instructions. I'm trying to perfect rice before moving onto anything more involved, so I'm starting with just 1/2 of organic brown rice.
If I'm reading this correctly, I'm supposed to put water inside both the Ohsawa Pot and the pressure cooker. Is that correct? If so, is the amount of water I put in the pressure cooker itself significant?
Thanks!!
Damon
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