A Day in My Life 23: Cooking Rice

Mom gave me a rice cooker last week.

上禮拜媽媽送我一個電鍋。

Tonight, I'm going to use it for the first time!

今晚我要第一次用它！

I'm going to make rice and vegetables.

我要煮白飯，再炒個青菜。

First, I measure two cups of rice.

首先，我量兩杯米。

I wash the rice in cold water.

我用冷水洗米。

I wash it three times, until the water is clear.

我洗了三遍，洗到水變清。

Then I put the rice in the rice cooker.

然後我把米放進電鍋。

I add water up to the line.

我加水加到刻度線。

I close the lid. That's easy!

我蓋上蓋子。好簡單！

While the rice cooks, I cut some vegetables.

煮飯的時候，我切了一些青菜。

I fry carrots, broccoli and onions in a pan.

我在鍋裡炒紅蘿蔔、花椰菜和洋蔥。

Oh, it smells really good!

哇，好香喔！

Thirty minutes later, I'm very hungry.

三十分鐘後，我餓壞了。

I open the rice cooker.

我打開電鍋。

Wait, the rice is still hard and cold!

等等，米還是硬的，而且是冷的！

Oh no! I didn't press the start button!

糟了！我沒按開關！

So I press the button and wait again.

於是我按下開關，又開始等。

Now the vegetables are cold, too.

現在菜也冷掉了。

Mochi looks at me. She wants dinner, too!

Mochi看著我。牠也想吃晚餐！

Beep! Finally, the rice is ready!

嗶！飯終於好了！

It's soft and hot.

白飯又軟又熱。

It's much better than my old rice in a pot.

比我以前用鍋子煮的飯好吃多了。

I send a photo to Mom and say thank you.

我傳了張照片給媽媽，跟她說謝謝。

Next time, I'm going to press start first!

下次我要先按開關！