Sal, it works pretty decently actually, easy, yes, less intimidating and less likely to scorch the grains. They are very evenly roasted too.
I had been thinking about this as I was wondering about a coffee roaster to get the job done. I thought that was overkill.
I think it works pretty good. And you get more "popped" than with panfiring.
Re: Genmaicha without the cha?
I tried various methods to make genmai
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Re: Genmaicha without the cha?
The best results are obtained by actually steaming and then drying the rice. The reason it doesn't puff well is that it has too little moisture.