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How to enjoy solar cooking --- Steaming black rice

This entry is about cooking black rice with a panel solar cooker. Panel solar cooker is not an efficient cooker. But it doesn't cost a fortune either. Like it or not, this example does illustrate the point that we can survive without the supplier of electrcity:

Step 1: Get hold of the required materials. All you need are:

A steal or bamboo steamer

One part of black rice

Two part of water

A black metallic food pot

A high temperature plastic bag or a microwavable box.

A solar oven. 

Figure 1. The required materials other than the solar oven. (Photo taken at around 10:30, 10 Feb 2009)

Step 2. Mix one part of black rice with two parts of water in the black metallic pot.

 

Figure 2. Black rice mixed with water in the black pot. (Photo taken at around 10:30, 10 Feb 2009)

Step 3. Place the black into the high temperature plastic bag or microwavable box.

 

Figure 3. Black pot placed inside the high temperature plastic bag. (Photo taken at around 10:30, 10 Feb 2009)

Step 4. Start cooking at about 11:00.

Figure 4. Cooking started. (Photo taken at around 11:00, 10 Feb 2009)

Step 5. Wait until 2.5 hours later. Enjoy your meal.

Figure 5a. After 2.5 hours, the temperature of the lid was about 105 deg C.

Figure 5a. After 2.5 hours, the rice was ready.