What types of rice can I cook in Kumo?
Kumo was designed first and foremost as a premium rice cooker, with its cooking programmes carefully developed to prepare different varieties of rice to an excellent standard.
Rather than using one generic rice setting for everything, Kumo provides four dedicated rice cooking functions, allowing you to select the programme that best matches the type of rice you are preparing.
WHITE – Long-Grain White Rice
The WHITE function is designed for cooking long-grain white rice.
It is suitable for varieties such as:
Basmati rice
Jasmine rice
Thai fragrant rice
Other long-grain white rice varieties
The cooking programme is calibrated to provide the appropriate cooking conditions for long-grain rice, helping produce separate, fluffy and well-cooked grains.
SHORT GRAIN – Short-Grain and Sticky Rice
The SHORT GRAIN function is designed for white short-grain rice and varieties that benefit from a different cooking profile from long-grain rice.
It is suitable for:
Pearl rice
Sushi rice
Thai sticky rice
Other white short-grain varieties
Short-grain rice generally has different characteristics from long-grain rice, particularly in terms of starch content, moisture absorption and the texture you want to achieve.
Kumo's dedicated SHORT GRAIN programme is designed to account for these differences.
BROWN – Brown Rice
The BROWN function is designed for cooking both long-grain and short-grain brown rice.
Because brown rice retains its outer bran layer, it generally requires different cooking conditions from white rice.
Kumo's dedicated BROWN programme provides the additional cooking time and appropriate cooking profile needed to prepare brown rice effectively.
YUMCARB – Reduced-Carbohydrate Rice
Kumo also features our YUMCARB function, designed to cook either white rice or brown rice with up to 25% lower carbohydrate value.
The YUMCARB cooking process uses a specialised cooking method designed to reduce the carbohydrate content of the finished rice compared with conventionally cooked rice.
This gives you another option when you want to enjoy rice while specifically looking for a lower-carbohydrate cooking method.
Kumo Rice Functions at a Glance
Function | Suitable Rice |
|---|---|
WHITE | Long-grain white rice such as basmati, jasmine and Thai fragrant rice |
SHORT GRAIN | White short-grain rice, pearl rice, sushi rice and Thai sticky rice |
BROWN | Long- or short-grain brown rice |
YUMCARB | White or brown rice prepared using Kumo's reduced-carbohydrate cooking process |
Kumo's rice programmes are designed to give you the right cooking profile for the rice you're preparing, rather than treating every variety in exactly the same way.
Whatever your preferred style of rice, Kumo is designed to cook it properly.