I bought a bread machine through Amazon international shipping and was so excited! A secret history

December 23, 2020

Trying rice bread

Here it comes.

The bread maker arrived quickly from Japan. It took about 10 days from the time of ordering. Inazo delivers on the same day, but Amazon takes 10 days to cross the border.

Well, it's a little sad that it became Merry Xmas For Me at this age.

Well, the HB is an extremely convenient cooking appliance that can make not only bread, but also rice cakes, soba noodles, udon noodles, amazake (sweet sake), and even yogurt depending on the model.

As I mentioned last time, we originally ordered glutinous rice from Japan for the very compelling reason that we needed to somehow consume it ourselves if we had any left over.

There are certainly foreign manufacturers' HBs in Singapore, but their functions are not Japanese-style.

For this reason, if you don't use a transformer, you'll get a "boom" and then a "whoosh" and you'll be so frustrated you won't be able to sleep that night.

It's made for one loaf of rice, but the unit itself is larger than I expected. It's about the size of a 5-cup rice cooker and a little tall.

It is slightly heavier than a 5-cup jar, but is the perfect size to fit next to your microwave.

A recipe book created by the manufacturer was included.

There are 17 types in total , from regular bread to brioche-style bread, square bread, rye bread, etc.

In addition, the book introduces about 30 different types of bread making , including strawberry condensed milk bread, chestnut brioche, chocolate rich bread, and other sweet bread variations that office ladies might enjoy snacking on.

I don't know much about bread, but just like rice, bread pairs perfectly with a variety of ingredients. It seems like you can cook it in any way you like.

The weakness of the HB is that it cannot knead the dough to make different shapes of bread, but can only make bread in the shape of a loaf of bread.

Well, the biggest attraction is, of course, the rice bread.

Just as the name suggests, rice is mashed, kneaded into bread dough, mixed with yeast, and then baked as is.

I tried googling it,

"The inside is surprisingly chewy and the crust is crispy and golden brown. This is by far the most popular recipe we've featured!"

Something like this came out.

Japanese people are used to sticky rice, so perhaps the chewy texture is what appeals to them.

By the way, I was inspired by the "crispy and crispy" version.

However, he is a rice merchant.

"A snake follows a snake, sir," my ghost whispered to me in the style of a spy in a period drama.

I immediately decided to try making this, so I went to the nearby Fair Price Finest.

In Singaporean households, where eating out is common and even if meals are cooked, it is often the job of a helper.

"Bake bread"

It's unclear how many people actually have a hobby that is at least several times more troublesome and sophisticated than cooking rice .

When it comes to wheat products, I guess the main buyers are European wives.

And there it was.

Bread flour (strong flour) and yeast. The strong flour was less than $3 per kilogram, and the yeast was about $4 for three small packets.

I don't know, but will this make 4 loaves?

There was also whole wheat flour (equivalent to brown rice) that had not been refined. If you can make bread with this, it is definitely more nutritious than whole wheat flour, so I would definitely like to try this.

Apparently, rice bread can be made from brown rice.

This soft and chewy brown rice bread is made with Inazo's secret ingredient, Milky Queen brown rice, the most chewy in Japan .

There is also multigrain rice bread, so I'll try adding our ``Kusumochi Nijo 19-grain rice.''

Isn't it the same as mixing glutinous barley with rice?

You might be thinking, "Well, it's messy in the stomach, and it's certainly true when you consider the nutritional value, but there's value in eating it as "bread."

At HB, it seems that most dishes made with baked wheat, such as pizza dough, Indian naan, cakes, etc. , are fine.

The minimum cooking time is 2 hours, and the maximum is a little over 4 hours. I'll try making udon noodles sometime.

P.S.:

Sugar is usually added to bread, but I think it's better to use unrefined raw sugar rather than white sugar, which is unhealthy .

(Actually, I haven't made anything yet.)