10 Best Electric Rice Cookers in India 2020 – Reviews & Buying Guide

Prestige PRWO Delight Electric Rice Cooker 1.8L 700W

With a smart and user-friendly design, this Prestige rice cooker is one of the most popular models of electric cookers that are available in the market.  The all-new, improvised prestige rice cooker comes with a moderate cooking capacity of 1.8 litres. It can cook up to 1 kg of rice. It is very versatile and it can cook multiple dishes, apart from rice. Using this, one can cook vegetables, stews, dal, porridge, stews and even idlis and rice dumplings.

 There is adequate space for steaming a lot of dishes, by adding more water. With this, one can cook multiple dishes at the same time, thereby saving time, fuel and increasing heating efficiency. The motor in the cooker functions at 700 watts, at 230 V. 

During the process of cooking, the cooker gets heated up and becomes hot further, as the cooker goes into ‘warming’ mode. Hence, after cooking is done, it is difficult to touch and handle the cooker, due to the high temperature generated within. Hence, plastic handles are attached to the body of the cooker. The user can hold the handles, lift the cooker from the stove and serve rice. The handles are made of plastic and are strong, sturdy and durable. 

The handles are made of thermosetting plastics, which are insulators (ie) poor conductors of heat. Hence, when the user holds the handles, he does not feel any pain, the handle does not melt upon heating and the handles are strong enough to not give in to the weight of the pressure cooker. 

Prestige electric rice cooker also comes with an additional cooking pan. It makes cooking and steaming easier and faster. With the presence of one more pan, one can cook other dishes like vegetables and pulses along with rice. 

The aluminium-based pans can be stacked on top of each other and are designed in such a way that the contents of one pan do not mix with the other. Based on which item we want to cook faster, we can spread them in those pans and arrange them in the electric cooker accordingly. As more dishes can be cooked simultaneously, it saves a lot of time, effort and fuel. 

The Prestige Delight rice cooker also comes equipped with extra control features. The cooking process is almost fully automatic. The temperature sensors embedded in the inner walls of the cooker, continuously send input to the micro-computer installed within the cooker. When the temperature reaches the optimum level, the cooking process ends and the cooker automatically proceeds to ‘warming’ mode. In the warming mode, water that is leftover from steaming rice is evaporated and converted into steam, which is released from a nozzle. The rice becomes less soggy and appears more fluffy and aired, thereby becoming ready for consumption.

An electrical cable accompanies the cooker, where it can be connected to the plug point in the kitchen for obtaining electricity for cooking purposes. This cord can be removed from the body of the cooker. This way, it can be used for other purposes as well.

For instance, it can be used in another electric cooker whose cords don’t work, even in other devices like iron boxes, based on whether the cord fits into the gap in the device, which is provided for electrical connection. Further, if the cord fuses due to overheating or short-circuit, it can also be easily replaced by another similar cord. One need not buy a new cooker if the cord fails for some reason.

The lid is made of stainless steel, fits and covers the opening of the cooker in a compact manner. This ensures the contents of the cooker are efficiently steamed as heat does not escape. Further, it also ensures that the contents do not spill out during the process of cooking. The lid is made of stainless steel so that it can withstand high temperature and pressure being generated during the process of cooking.

It is also provided with a steam vent, from which the steam produced during cooking, escapes into the surroundings. This reduces pressure buildup in the cooker, thereby greatly reducing the chances of explosion and ensuring the safety of both the user and the cooker.

Specifications:

• Type: open type of electric rice cooker
• Wattage: 700 watts
• Capacity: 1.8 litres
• Colour: white
• Number and type of pots: 2, open type  double pot
• No. of cooking pans: 2
• Warranty: 1 year

Prestige PRWO Delight Electric Rice Cooker 1.5L 500W with Steaming Feature

Launched recently, the Prestige Delight 1.5 litre electric cooker is user friendly and readily available across all stores catering to home appliances and also online.

The prestige Delight 1.5-500 watt cooker comes with a cooking capacity of 1.5 litres. It is ideal for people who live alone, couples and people whose cooking needs are limited. With the compact design, it can steam multiple dishes at the same time. Using this, one can cook anything- ranging from simple rice and dal to vegetables and pulao. Its user-friendly design makes it easier to handle and suitable for cooking where the number of dishes to be steamed is more and the time one has, in hand, is less. It is swift, efficient and versatile and sustains for a long period, before replacement.

The mini rice cooker is equipped with an efficient control system. The sensor senses the ambient heat in the cooker and continuously sends input to the microprocessor. When the temperature and pressure reach optimum conditions, the controller automatically terminates heating for cooking purposes and goes into arming mode. In the warming mode, extra water is drained from the rice through evaporation and the rice becomes ready to serve. It also has a water level indicator. It is also equipped with an alert and display system, so the user knows the process is complete. In case of no response from the user, it automatically goes into shutdown- where it terminates all the operations keeping the quality of food cooked and safety of the user in mind.

Cool-touch handles are some of the most important components that must be present in any cooker, to ensure the safety of the user and ease of handling. In the case of this model, the handles are made of sturdy plastic materials that do not melt upon heating. They are light, easy to hold as they are cool and compact. The handles do not succumb under the user’s grip and can easily withstand the stress applied to them- both by the user and the weight of the cooker and its contents. They are also sufficiently rough so that the user can grip them properly and not drop the cooker while transferring/ carrying it elsewhere.

The small electric rice cooker is also equipped with a durable, stainless steel lid. The lid ensures that the heat passed on to the cooker during the process of heating gets circulated within the cooker alone and does not escape. This improves the overall heating and fuel efficiency of the cooker. Further, it ensures the contents of the cooker do not spill out when exposed to high temperature and pressure, thereby ensuring both the quality and quantity of the dishes cooked. It also ensures the safety of the cooker and the user in general, by prevention of explosion due to buildup of high pressure and a large amount of steam within the cooker. 

The cable, which is attached to the cooker can be plugged to the plug point in our kitchen, to pass electricity and thereby increasing the heat within the cooker. The cord is well-equipped with a thermal fuse and an electrical fuse. This way, if the high voltage and a large amount of current are passed, or even if the surroundings are hot enough for the wire to get heated up quickly, electricity supply to the cooker is terminated. This way, the safety of the user and the cooker is efficiently taken care of. If there are any problems in the cable, they can be attended to, without having to replace the cooker. This reduces the time taken to solve the problem and the user need not incur extraneous expenses.

What set this cooker apart from its competitors are its accessories.  When one buys this cooker, one also gets a measuring cup-used to measure rice, a spatula- used to scoop and serve rice and a steaming basket. This way, the costs that accompany the buying and practical usage aspects of the cooker are greatly reduced. The cooking and serving process is accelerated this way. The measuring cup and spatula are made of high-quality, food-grade plastic. Hence whatever concern one might have, of using plastic for measuring and serving rice, gets dispelled. 

Specifications:

• Type: open type of electric rice cooker
• Capacity: 1.5 litres
• Power: 500 watt
• Voltage: 230 V
• Colour: white
• Frequency: 50 Hz

Prestige PRWO Delight Electric Rice Cooker 1L

Since the time of its launch, the Prestige Delight 1 litre cooker has been a popular choice, amongst all buyers. 

The handle, which is attached to the body of the cooker, is light and easy to grip. It is made of high-quality plastic, with high levels of heat endurance. It is smooth and aesthetically fitted to give the cooker an overall pleasing appearance. It helps the user handle and carry the cooker, irrespective of how hot the body of the cooker is. It insulates the user from the heat produced and helps in safe and easy handling of the cooker, without any risk of burns. It is also sufficiently durable to stand the weight of the cooker when it is being carried/ transferred around. 

The mini rice cooker is equipped with a state-of-the-art control panel, which interacts efficiently with the inner ambient conditions as well as its surroundings, notably the user. The sensors fixed in the walls of the cooker record and regularly send the temperature data to the micro-computer. The micro-computer analyses thee data and when the cooker reaches a cut-off temperature, it makes the cooker shift automatically to the process of warming. It also has 2 indicators- Cool and Keep warm. When the user feels the rice must be cooled down for immediate usage, he can press the Cool button and the cooling process would commence. On the other hand, if the user wants rice to stay warm for a longer period – because consumption is postponed, he can press the Warm button.

The steam vent is present on the opposite side of the handle. It is an opening through which the steam accumulated within the cooker can escape. If the steam generated and contained within the cooker does not escape, this would cause a huge amount of temperature and pressure being built up inside the cooker. This damages the cooker and worse, this also leads to explosions. Hence the steam vent, which helps the cooker to release steam, protects the quality and quantity of the food within and most importantly, it takes care of the safety and security of both the cooker and the user. 

In case of other cookers, where Aluminum pans are present, rice sticks to pans and the walls of the cooker. This makes the cooking process messy and it also makes it very difficult to clean the cooker. In the rice cooker prestige has offered here, the pan is made of Teflon. This ensures food does not stick to the walls of the pan, thereby the serving and cleaning processes are made much easier. 

Specifications:

• Type: closed type
• Capacity: 1 litre
• Warranty: 1 year
• Wattage: 400 watt
• Voltage: 230 V
• Colour: white
• No. of additional pans: 1

Prestige Delight Electric Rice Cooker Cute 1.8L 700W

The Prestige Delight cute 1.8-2 electric rice cooker is one of the most popular products available in the market, due to its aesthetic appeal, ease of use and budget-friendly cost. 

Its double-walled body offers the user insulation from the high temperature and pressure that would have built up inside the cooker during the process of steaming. This way, they reduce the risks of burns due to contact. Both the handles and the insulation around the cooker are light, sturdy and long-lasting. They make it easy for the user to carry the cooker around and operate. Though the double walls are smooth, the handles are rough enough to provide friction. Hence, the cooker can be carried around without any risk of slipping from the customer’s hands. 

 This cooker comes with extra cooking pans that can be used simultaneously. Or the additional cooking pan can also be used when the original pan inside the cooker shows signs of wear and tear. These pans are made of aluminium and can be placed on top of each other. Hence, more than one dish can be cooked at the same time. These pans are designed in such a way that each pan does not interfere in the steaming process of the other pan’s contents. Since they are made of aluminium, which is a good conductor of heat, they ensure stead and adequate thermal conductivity required for the cooking process. 

This electronic rice cooker also comes with a scoop holder, which is used to serve rice after it has been cooked. Instead of a spatula, a scoop holder has a handle attached to a hollow hemisphere, which makes the process of serving rice easier and faster. The scoop holder is made of high quality, food-grade plastic. Hence there are minimal risks of thermal deformation and also contamination of food due to chemicals emanating from plastic. Further, this simplifies the process of cooking as the user need not scout for a ladle to serve rice and is ideal for short trips, where the cooker must be carried and the luggage must be as minimal and light as possible. 

This cooker is equipped with a robust control system, which makes the process of cooking almost fully automatic. It has two indicators- Cool and Keeps Warm, whose functions are self-explanatory. The stainless steel close-fitting lid ensures the contents do not come out of the cooker and optimum temperature and pressure are maintained inside the cooker throughout the process of cooking. The detachable power cord is equipped with a thermal and electrical fuse, which ‘trip’ under high temperature and heavy current conditions, thereby ensuring the safety of the appliance as well as the user. It also makes the cooker portable. 

Specifications:

• Type: open type
• Capacity: 1.8 litres
• Wattage: 700 watts
• Power supply: 230 V
• Colour: red
• Warranty: 1 year
• Number of cooking pans: 2

Prestige Cute 2.8L Electric Rice Cooker

The Prestige Cute 2.8 electric cooker comes with a whopping 2.8 L capacity. It is capable of cooking about 1.7 kg of rice. For families with a large number of people, this cooker perfectly fits their bill. Its higher cooking capacity indicates it can steam more than one dish simultaneously. This helps us save a lot of time, effort and fuel involved in cooking. For a cooker of such high capacity, it is also lightweight. Hence it is easy to handle and clean. 

This cooker comes with 2 aluminium cooking pans. The contents can be spread on each pan and the pans can be stacked one above the other. As aluminium and are used, the contents of each pan get quickly heated up, thereby the process of steaming is accelerated and becomes way easier. More than one dish can be steamed simultaneously and apart from rice, even vegetables, sushi, porridge and stew can be made in this cooker.

Further, as the pans are made of aluminium, heat conductivity is improved by a huge margin. One need not fear that the contents far away from the fuel source wouldn’t burn properly, due to the high thermal conductivity of aluminium. And the trays are designed in such a way that the contents of one tray do not coalesce with the other.

The cooker is accompanied by a stainless steel lid. The lid is corrosion resistant and it can withstand the pressure buildup which happens within the cooker during the cooking process. The lid also ensures that the heat is trapped within the cooker, thereby ensuring efficient overall heating and fuel usage. It also ensures that the steam escapes through the vent alone and not anywhere else. It protects the cooker from an explosion. The cooker is also well equipped with a control system which runs based on the feedback loop, which ensures smooth, safe functioning of the cooker. 

The cooker also comes with durable, lightweight and sturdy plastic handles. The handles act as an insulator and the user can grip them while handling the cooker, especially when carrying it elsewhere while it’s still hot. The power cord is detachable and comes with a built-in thermal and electrical fuse. This increases the overall safety of the system. It also makes the cooker portable. If there are any technical issues with the cord, it can be detached and operated and one need not buy a new cooker. 

Specifications:

• Type: open type
• Capacity 2.8 Litres      
• Wattage: 1000 watts  
• Warranty: 1 Year
• Colour: Red
• No. of Cooking Pans: 2
• Number of Pots: Open Type-Double Pot

Bajaj RCX 5 1.8L Rice Cooker

The bajaj rice cooker comes with an aluminium cooking bowl, which greatly improves the process of cooking. Aluminium is an excellent conductor of heat and the aluminium bowl ensures that the contents are steamed well and the fuel is utilized efficiently. Heat is also rapidly absorbed and transferred, thereby saving a lot of cooking time.  The bowl is also given an anodized finish, which makes it corrosion resistant. It does not corrode under the influence of steam and is easy to clean and handle. It is durable and long-lasting and does not foul. 

The cooker also comes with a retractable power cord. The power cord supplies electricity to the cooker by collecting and transferring it from the plug point. The power cord has a nichrome fuse which trips when there is a short circuit or the surroundings are too hot, like in scorching summer days. This way, it ensures the safety of the appliance. The cool-touch handle is lightweight and durable. Made of thermosetting plastic, the user can easily grip the handle to lift the cooker because the handles are insulating, in nature. 

As mentioned, the lid is made of stainless steel. It is corrosion resistant and can withstand the pressure generated by the steam contained inside the cooker without corroding or deforming. It is durable and light. Steam must be generated inside the cooker for cooking to take place, hence it prevents the steam from escaping out into the surroundings, thereby greatly improving the heating efficiency and safety of the device. It also provides a covering for the contents of the cooker and prevents them from spilling out during or after the cooking process, thereby greatly impacting the quality and quantity of food produced.

This rice cooker can cook up to 1.7 kg of rice. Multiple dishes can be cooked simultaneously and the control systems ensure that simultaneous cooking takes place smoothly. The sensor circuit reports temperature data regularly to the microprocessor, which coordinates the process of cooking. It is also responsible for shifting the contents into ‘warming’ mode and makes the cooking process proceed with less human intervention. It also directs the cooker to go into shutdown, (ie) complete termination of the cooking process, if it gets alerted about safety hazards that might have crept midway.

Specifications:

• Type: closed type
• Capacity: 1.8 litres
• Power: 550 watt
• Voltage: 230 V
• Warranty: 2 years

Bajaj RCX 7 1.8L 550W Rice Cooker

The capacity of the bajaj rice cooker is 1.8 Litres and it can cook up to 1 kg of rice. For a rice cooker, its cooking capacity is moderate and it can easily serve 1-3 people. One dish can be cooked at a time and the number of dishes can be extended, if one were to add additional pans. This ensures less consumption of fuel and the time required for cooking gets reduced drastically. The design is also compact and portable, making it a great choice for travellers or in general, people who engage in intermittent cooking. 

The product also comes with a cooking bowl and steamer. The cooking bowl is made of aluminium. Hence it ensures efficient thermal conductivity and the contents get heated up faster. This leads to less time required for cooking and less fuel consumption, making it a more eco-friendly alternative. The cooker is also equipped with a steamer which heats water so that the rice can be boiled faster. It accelerates the process of heating water for steaming rice, hence, in this case, the amount of fuel consumed is less when compared with a cooker which does not have an in-built steamer. 

In this model, the control systems are highly improvised and robust. With the usual embedded system, consisting of sensors and a micro-computer, the cooker is also equipped with an interactive user-friendly display that shows the time left for cooking to get completed. It also has 2 indicators- Cool and Keep warm. The Cool indicator can be used to reduce the temperature of rice while the Keep Warm indicator can be used to keep the rice warm when consumption gets delayed. It also has an automatic shutoff system, which is very useful when the parameters in the operation of the cooker might go beyond the optimum level. Both the appliance and user is protected, in the presence of a robust control system

This cooker comes with additional accessories like a spatula- for serving the rice after its cooked, measuring cup- to measure the amount of rice to be cooked and a trivet- a short tripod atop which a hot object can be placed, so that if the cooker is kept on top of a table, the table will not get damaged by the heat emanating from the cooker. Such accessories add a lot of value to the product and help the users save up a lot on the expenses which they might incur when they purchase those accessories outside. 

Specifications:

• Type: closed type
• Capacity: 1.8 litres
• Warranty: 2 years
• Wattage: 550 watts
• Voltage: 230 V
• Comes with accessories
• Colour: multiple colours available

Panasonic SR-WA22H(E) 5.4L Automatic Rice Cooker

The Panasonic rice cooker comes with an enviable cooking volume of 2.2 litres, arguably the highest amongst most cookers available in the market. One or more dishes can be cooked, in a very short amount of time. It can regularly be used for a family of 4-5 members and it can also be used to cook for guests, who have happened to come home. This greatly helps in reducing cooking time, efficient and reduced use of fuel drastically reduces the effort one puts into cooking, making it an easy, enjoyable and safe process. 

The stainless steel cooker lid helps in retaining steam and heat generated, effectively steaming the contents of the cooker in a short amount of time. It also acts as mechanical support against the heavy pressure buildup inside the cooker. This way, it prevents explosions and also prevents the spillage of contents outside the cooker. Hence the quality and quantity of the food and the safety of the user and the appliance are preserved. The bridge handle gives more grip to the user, is lightweight and makes the cooker easy to be held and transported. 

 The cooking pan is made of anodized aluminium, which makes it corrosion resistant. Ordinary aluminium pans, when exposed to the steam for a long time, easily get corroded, hence they are anodized. This greatly improves their durability and they need not be replaced often. The body of the cooker is made of ROHS compliant, high-quality, food-grade materials. Hence the user need not fear any contamination in food, arising from the cooker. 

The cooker is well-equipped with strong control systems, with auto/manual shutoff and a cooking process, which requires the least amount of human intervention. 

The cooker also comes with a scoop and a cooking plate. The scoop is much better than a spatula, in terms of serving rice. It makes the process easier and faster, since the end of the scoop is a hollow hemisphere, while the end of the spatula is a flat trapezium. Further, the cooker also comes with a plate, where the rice, freshly cooked, can be served in a jiffy! Both the scoop and plate are made of high-quality, food-grade materials. This way, the customer can make use of them without any hesitation. 

Specifications: 

• Type: closed type
• Capacity: 5.4-litre post-cooking, 2.2 litres before cooking
• Wattage: 750 watts
• Voltage: 220-230 V
• Warranty: 2 years

Panasonic SR-WA18 E 4.4-Litre Automatic Rice Cooker

This cooker comes with a capacity of 1.8 L and can cook up to 600 grams of rice. This is ideal for a nuclear family or even for people who have limited, intermittent usage. The cooker has a portable, compact design which makes the process of cooking swifter and easier. This also helps the user save up a lot on fuel, thereby being energy efficient and eco friendly. As the volume is moderate, it easily gets heated up and cooking gets completed faster and with less effort. One can also cook multiple dishes like vegetables, stew, sushi and porridge in this cooker at the same time.

Like all Panasonic products, even this cooker comes with bridge handles. The user can catch hold of these bridge handles while lifting/ carrying the cooker so that his hands don’t get scalded by the heat emanating from the heat on the walls of the cooker. It is also accompanied by a stainless steel lid, which protects the cooker from leakage and spillage of both steam and food, ensuring energy efficiency and user safety. It is non-corrosive, hence it does not get affected by the steam being generated continuously during the process of cooking. 

The body of the cooker is made of ROHS compliant, superior quality material. Needless to say, the material is food-grade and one can use it without any hesitation. The material used is generally anodized aluminium. Anodized aluminium does not corrode easily, despite being exposed to a huge quantity of steam regularly. It is also an excellent conductor of heat, hence high energy efficiency is realized upon its usage. It also saves a lot of time and effort involved in cooking, as the heat evolved in the fuel gets transferred to the contents within the cooker rapidly. 

Like other Panasonic models, even this cooker exhibits a robust, active control system. The cooking process is almost fully automatic, hence it does not require much intervention from the user’s end. In case of adverse conditions, where the temperature and pressure far exceed the values safe enough for the cooker to sustain, the control system makes the cooker go into an automatic shutdown. In an automatic shutdown, the cooking process is terminated. The cooker can’t remain shut down for too long hence the control system alerts the user about the shutdown and it is up to the user to take charge of the situation. This way, the safety of the appliance and quality of the food is maintained.  

Specifications:

• Type: closed type
• Colour: white
• Wattage: 660 watt
• Voltage: 230 V
• Capacity: 1.8 L
• Warranty: 2 years

Pigeon by Stovekraft Joy Rice Cooker with Single Pot

The small rice cooker comes with a cooking capacity of 1 litre. It can be used not only for cooking ordinary rice but also in preparing special rice-based dishes like pulao, rice dumplings, idlis, sushi and biryani. Owing to its low volume, it absorbs heat quickly from the burning fuel. Hence, the contents kept inside the cooker get steamed faster, without much time, energy and effort. It is compact and can be easily transported. It is great, especially for trips and is durable. It is suitable- both for limited and extensive usage, over small intervals or for a long period. 

The pigeon rice cooker model comes with plastic handles attached to the sides of the cooker. Those handles help in lifting the cooker without burning oneself. These handles are lightweight and have a positive impact on the ease of usage of the cooker. Made of thermosetting plastics, these cooker handles can withstand the dragging weight of the body of the cooker and its contents when the cooker is being lifted. Further, they do not snap easily, offer sufficient friction for the user to grip, act as great insulators and do not succumb easily to heat, despite being exposed to it continuously.  

The cooker also comes with an anodized aluminium bowl, which is non-corrosive and an amazing conductor of heat. It receives heat from the fuel promptly and passes it on to its contents. The contents boil faster, heat gets distributed uniformly and cooking becomes easier and faster, involving very less effort from the user’s end. As the surface of the aluminium bowl is anodized, it withstands a lot of heat, especially generated by steam and does not corrode, because it is protected by the thin layer of alumina (aluminium oxide) which makes the surface inert and resistant to corrosion. 

This electric rice cooker’s control systems are regular and at par with the control systems of most cookers that are available in the market. Equipped with a standard sensor and a microcontroller, the control system follows the eponymous feedback loop process and immediately alerts the cooker(and the user), in case the cooker’s internal conditions have become too adverse, putting the appliance and the user at risk.  The stainless steel lid also contributes to the safety arrangements of the cooker, preventing any untoward leakage and spillage. It traps heat and makes the cooking process easier and more energy-efficient.

Specifications:

• Type: closed type
• Capacity: 1 litre
• Wattage: 400 watts
• Voltage: 230 V
• Colour: white and red