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Q:
What is GABA brown rice?

A:
This is not a new variety of brown rice, but a newly discovered way of cooking brown rice to �activate� it and increase natural occurring gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an amino acid in brown rice believed to have health giving properties such as lowering blood pressure, improving kidney function and relieving stress.

The brown rice is "activated" by soaking the rice at 104 °F for 2 hours before the actual cooking begins. These are some of the Rice cooker that have the feature to cook GABA rice:
- Zojirushi NP-HBC10 Induction Heating Rice Cooker & Warmer (5.5 Cup)
- Zojirushi NP-HBC18 Induction Heating Rice Cooker & Warmer (10 Cup)
Q:
What is the benefit of GABA rice?

A:
GABA brown rice believed to have health giving properties such as lowering blood pressure, improving kidney function and relieving stress.
Q:
How to make brown rice?

A:
Click here for Brown rice Recipe
Ingredient: Brown Rice & water
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Q:
What type of rice cooker that I need for cooking brown rice?

A:
Most of fuzzy logic model and above can cook brown rice. *Please contact Customer Service for more detail model and suggestions.
Q:
How to make Steamed white rice?

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How to make Sushi rice?

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Q:
How to make sushi rolls?

A:
Ingredient: Sushi rice, Seaweed sheet, sushi ginger, wasabi, soy sauce, filling ingredients depending on personal preferences. Equipments: Bamboo mats, Knife Suggested pairing: Miso Soup and Japanese green tea.
Click here for recipe
Q:
How is rice measured? What does the capacity mean?

A:
Every Zojirushi rice cooker comes with a plastic measuring cup. This cup has a capacity of 6-ounces, or about 3/4 of a U.S. measuring cup. The capacity of the rice cooker is counted in these 6-ounce cups of uncooked rice. One 6-ounce cup of raw rice makes about 3, 6-ounce cups of cooked rice. Do not confuse the rice cooker measuring cup with U.S. measuring cups; they are different. All Zojirushi rice cookers come with a special measuring cup and nonstick rice spatula for serving. The capacity of a rice cooker is stated in the numbers of 6-ounce cups of raw rice.
Q:
For Zojirushi rice cooker, does the manual come in English?

A:
Yes, the manual and instruction is written in English and also Japanese.
Q:
What does 3-cup rice cooker means?

A:
1 cup has 6 oz of uncooked rice so total 3 cups rice cooker could make 18oz of uncooked rice. As a result 3 cups rice cooker can make a max of approximately 54 oz of steamed rice.




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