Update: I've updated this post substantially in these two articles, 10 years later: How to cook great Japanese style rice, and How to make sushi rice (shari). Please take a look there - you'll probably find them a lot clearer. I've learned a lot myself i
I’ve made rice on the stove and rice in a rice cooker and I hate to say it but the machine wins every single time. My rice comes out perfectly fluffy and it’s not just for Japanese rice – there’s a function for brown rice, jasmine, and multigrain rice. I use mine 4-5 times...