How to Cook Grains?

Start at medium- high heat to get the water up to a high simmer/boil with lid ajar approximately 5-8 minutes. When you the place lid on reduce the heat down to medium-low the vapo valve will have steam venting out – don’t worry about this it takes a few minutes for the heat inside the pan to drop, when the vapo valve keeps clicking rapidly turn to low to tenderize.​
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Grain (1 cup) Water Cooking time Yield
Amaranth 2.5 cups 15 minutes 2.5 cups
Barley, Hulled 3 cups 40 minutes 4 cups
Buckwheat (Kasha) 2 cups 15 minutes 3 ½ cups
Bulgur 1 ½ cups 15 minutes 3 cups
Cracked Wheat 2 ½ cups 15 minutes 3 ½ cups
Cornmeal (Polenta) 2 ½ cups 7 minutes 3 ½ cups
Couscous 2 cups 10 minutes 2 ¾ cups
Job’s Tears (toast 1st) 2 ½ cups 45 minutes 3 cups
Kamut 3 cups 50 minutes 2 ¾ cups
Millet 2 cups 15 minutes 3 ½ cups
Oat Groats 2 ¼ cups 50 minutes 2 ½ cups
Quinoa (keen-wa) 2 cups 15 minutes 2.5 cups
Rye Berries 3 cups 50 minutes 2 ½ cups
Spelt 3 cups 60 minutes 2 cups
Teff 3 cups 10 minutes 3 cups
Triticale 3 cups 45 minutes 3 cups
Wheat Berries, Hard (Red) 2 cups 1 ½ hours 3 cups
Brown long grain varieties
Add 2 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice, Start at medium- high heat to get the water up to a high simmer/boil with lid ajar approximately 5-8 minutes. When you the place lid on reduce the heat down to medium-low the vapo valve will have steam venting out – don’t worry about this it takes a few minutes for the heat inside the pan to drop, when the vapo valve keeps clicking rapidly turn to low to tenderize. Takes a total of 35 minutes
Brown short grain varieties
Add 2 1/2 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice, Start at medium- high heat to get the water up to a high simmer/boil with lid ajar approximately 5-8 minutes. When you the place lid on reduce the heat down to medium-low the vapo valve will have steam venting out – don’t worry about this it takes a few minutes for the heat inside the pan to drop, when the vapo valve keeps clicking rapidly turn to low to tenderize. Takes a total of 45 minutes
White varieties
Add 1 ¾ cup of water for every 1 cup of white rice , Start at medium- high heat to get the water up to a high simmer/boil with lid ajar approximately 3-5 minutes. When you the place lid on reduce the heat down to low the vapo valve will have steam venting out – don’t worry about this it takes a few minutes for the heat inside the pan to drop, if the vapo valve keeps clicking rapidly turn to a lower temperature to tenderize. Takes a total of 15-25 minutes
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If you’re using the electric oil core skillet start at Rice 1 setting with a 2-1 ratio.
There are two automatic rice settings on your temperature control probe. They are set by pressing the TEMP button and then pressing the down arrow (press once for Rice 1 and twice for Rice 2); you then press TEMP again to start the process. The cookbook says you can ignore the Rice 2 setting, but as you will see, there can be great value in the Rice 2 setting for many “non-rice” recipes. To get the greatest value from the Rice 1 & 2 settings, it is helpful to know how they are programmed: Rice 1 takes the temperature to 250°F/121°C, then drops and holds the temperature at 200°F/93°C for 20 minutes and then drops and holds the temperature at 150°F/ 66°C (the lowest setting) for 12 hours;
Rice 2 takes the temperature initially to 265°F/129°C degrees and then drops the temperature as on Rice 1. This may sound a lot like how your Saladmaster cookware works: you place your skillet on medium heat, wait for the Vapo-Valve™ to click, and then turn the heat to low. Well the rice settings achieve the same goal - except it does it automatically!