Hotaru UMAI Induction Heating IH Ceramic Rice Cooker
Our UMAI Induction Heating (IH) technology in a smaller capacity. Incredibly attractive. Superbly modern.
π²β supplied with detachable Schuko plug and power cord
€219,90
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Cooking Capacity Guide
| Capacity | Uncooked White Rice | Cooked White Rice | Uncooked Brown Rice | Cooked Brown Rice | Multicook | Number Of People |
| 1 cup | 180ml | ~360ml | ~90ml | ~270ml | - | 1 |
| 2.5 cup | 450ml | ~1350ml | ~270ml | ~810ml | ~900ml | 1-2 |
| 3 cup | 540ml | ~1500ml | ~360ml | ~1080ml | ~1000ml | 1-3 |
| 3.5 cup | 630ml | ~1890ml | ~360ml | ~1260ml | ~1300ml | 1-3 |
| 4 cup | 720ml | ~2160ml | ~720ml | ~1440ml | ~1400ml | 1-4 |
| 5 cup | 900ml | ~2800ml | ~720ml | ~2000ml | ~2000ml | 1-6 |
| 5.5 cup | 1000ml | ~3000ml | ~720ml | ~2000ml | ~2100ml | 1-5 |
| 8 cup | 1500ml | ~4500ml | ~1000ml | ~3000ml | ~3300ml | 1-8 |
| 10 cup | 1800ml | ~5400ml | ~1500ml | ~3600ml | - | 1-10 |
FREE DELIVERY FOR ELECTRICAL ITEMS AND RICE
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** customers fromΒ IrelandΒ please note that our products are supplied with only an EU Schuko plug, we cannot ship electrical items that have UK plugs from an EU address to Ireland
*** deliveries to Spain are mainland Spain and Balearic islands only (we have no delivery service to Canary Islands)
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Delivery transit times
LAST POST DATES
Please see the following dates which are the last post estimates for having a good chance of getting your order received in time for Christmas.
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WARRANTY INFORMATION
Confidence after the sale
Yum Asia purchases include a comprehensive 2 year warranty (some parts have a 6 month limited warranty).
You get a 30 day return period from when you receive your order for a change of mind on new and unused products. After this time our standard returns policy applies.
UMAI IH With AI
UMAI IH (meaning Smart Brain) fuzzy logic carefully controls every cooking phase of Hotaru to produce perfect results. The UMAI IH combined with AI uses rapid fine adjustments in temperature applied to the rice contents rather than the entire cooker to give optimal cooking conditons.
Joubu 3mm Ceramic Coated Bowl
Hotaru has a 3mm thick ceramic coated inner bowl. The bowl is constructed to conduct heat safely and healthily. It's designed to be extremely durable and is optimal for IH conductance and distributed heating
Superior UMAI Heating Method
UMAI IH produces excellent heat distribution and circulates the rice for full even surround heating. The IH coils are desigend to agitate the rice by creating thermal eddy currents in the bowl to evenly heat every single grain. You can see how the heat is more evenly applied to the conductive layer compared to conventional heating methods.
Hidden Under Control Panel And Display
Hotaru has been designed to conceal the control panel of the unit when not in use for minimal intrusion in your kitchen. When in use the display beneath the surface of the panel lights up and the controls become active and alert. These are then operated using smart logic buttons.
Full Countdown
Hotaru has a full countdownΒ meaning that you can see when your rice will be finished cooking on the display as a digital countdown.
Powerfully Delicate To Enable Extra Functionality
Precise adjustment by the UMAI microprocessor and the use of induction heating fine adjustmentsΒ means we can achieveΒ GABA BrownΒ (extra nutritious) andΒ YumamiΒ (extra taste) cooking functions.
Surround Heating Process
The latest in magnetic induction coil heating ensures that the entire bowl itself is heated compared to conventional heating which only heats the bottom of the bowl. UMAI IH creates eddy currents that agitate the rice to evenly balance the heating effect applied to every grain of rice.
Built In Moisture Balancing
Built into the lid is a condensate heating evaporator (CHE) which reduces excess moisture during and after cooking and helps collect the condensate into the water collector. Steam hits the inner lid, condenses into water and is evaporated back into steam to reduce liquid and help give more even cooking.
Professional induction heating in a neat minimal package full of the latest tech to give you perfect results
Our Smallest UMAI IH Cooker
Hotaru (Japanese word for firefly - θ) is our smallest high-end rice cooker β itβs ideal for singles, couples or a small family. Hotaru is our third smart UMAI Induction Heating (IH) rice cooker with AI for the UK and Europe. It's packed full of unique rice cooking functions that have become incredibly popular. Using microcoil technology we have compacted the induction heating technology into a smallΒ capacity rice cooker whilst being able to retain a minimal appearance. We used the foundation of Japanese rice cooking technologies to learn exactly how they worked, chose their best and most useful features, improved on them and incorporated them into Hotaru so it produces professional (better than) restaurant quality rice β every time!
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Hidden Control System With Modern Display
We are well known for being rice cooker experts with decades of experience in cooking rice. For Hotaru, we give a choice of two matte colours which are Chalk White or Slate Grey with a subtle glossy trim. This is complemented by our ice white βhidden controlsβ with Ice White LED display and advanced Korean Motouch sensitive control panel not only for reasons of hygiene but to keep fingerprints to a minimum and give an easy clean exterior appearance with minimal aesthetics.
Superior Thoughtful Design
Hotaru has been designed with healthy superior cooking at it's core. It has a stainless steel inner lid and steam tray for the more health conscious. It includes our signature Joubu 3mm ceramic coated inner bowl. Joubu has rice measurement level lines are silk printed for ease of reading and durability. Hotaru itself is easy to clean with removable parts. This means healthy, safe and hygienic cooking.
Built into the lid is a condensate heating evaporator (CHE) which reduces excess moisture during and after cooking and helps collect the condensate into the water collector. Steam hits the inner lid, condenses into water and is evaporated back into steam to reduce liquid and help give more even cooking.
Hotaru Does The Thinking
SMALL CAPACITY
LUXIROUS MATT EXTREIOR
ICE WHITE DISPLAY
UK / EU POWER
MOTOCH SMART CONTROLS
STAINLESS STEEL INNER LID
CHE SYSTEM
REMOVABLE STEAM VENT
STAINLESS STEEL STEAM TRAY
JOUBU CERAMIC COATED BOWL
CARRY HANDLE / AESTHETIC DESIGN
PREHEATING PHASE
Bamboo starts to gently heat the rice and water using the Joubu bowl to between 50-60Β°C. This begins the cooking cycle and is key to the release of sugars into the water from the rice grains.
AGITATION PHASE
The Joubu bowl temperature is rapidly increased by the IH whilst the UMAI system makes micro adjustments to obtain a range of between 50-70Β°C. The rice then is agitated by the IH coils and the grains begin water absorption according to the function chosen.
HEATING PHASE
The temperature is increased again to between 75-85Β°C to start the actual cooking process. This varies depending on the function chosen.
BOILING PHASE
The UMAI controller then rapidly increases the temperature to minimum of 100ΛC boiling point to evaporate the majority of the water from the inner bowl and to further cook the rice to soften and optimise texture.
STEAM PHASE – sugar reabsorption
Deep steaming then enables the rice to continue cooking while reabsorbing the sugars from the remaining water back into the rice whilst simultaneously evaporating the remaining water. This part of the cycle makes the rice taste sweeter, more nutritious, have better aroma/texture and completes the final rice grain cooking.
COOL DOWN PHASEΒ
Water balancing then occurs using low temperature range cycling to ensure there is no remaining water left and that the rice has the correct moisture content.
BURST PHASE
Depending on the what is being cooked the UMAI system may determine that an additional burst of rapid heating is applied. This prevents over saturation of rice and pulls more nutrients into the rice grains.
KEEP WARM AND STEAM PHASEΒ
The temperature is then held at an optimal 70-76Β°C to continue to steam the rice and keep the rice safe from bacteria. This ensures the rice is perfectly cooked, fluffy and delicious and ready for when you need it.
IH Controlled Cooking
Hotaru uses a combination of UMAI Induction Heating (IH) cooking and advanced fuzzy logic (AI) to ensure rice is cooked perfectly every time. This cooking profile graph shows how UMAI with fuzzy logic adjusts the temperature of the Joubu bowl rather than using the less accurate conventional heating method. The process then calculates weight, content type, water volume, internal temperatures along with pre-programmed conditions to cook perfect rice time after time.
Hotaru uses at least multiple phases of cooking types which includes preheat, absorb water, heating, boiling, steam, cool down, agitation, heat burst and keep warm with steam which are each calculated for time and temperature using Yum Asia's unique cooking profiles.
The Power Of
UMAI IH + Joubu
Typical IH Cooking Phases
Watch Our Explainer
Our explainer video shows what makes the UMAI induction Heating system of Hotaru uniquely powerful to cook all types of rice whilst being delicate enough to preserve flavour, aroma and texture.
- 3 cup / 0.54 litreΒ capacity of uncooked rice – enough for 1-3 people
- βUMAIβ (Smart Brain AI) Induction Heating (IH)Β technology
- White/long grain, short grainΒ (for sushi), brown rice andΒ tahdig/crustΒ settings
- βQuickβ cookΒ setting for faster white rice cooking
- βYumamiβΒ (umami extra taste) andΒ GABA brownΒ settings
- Useful multi-cooker features – steam, porridge,Β slow cook, cake and yoghurtΒ settings
- High quality 3mm thick βJoubuβ ceramic coatedΒ inner bowl with stay cool carry handles
- 24 hours keep warmΒ function andΒ 24 hours timerΒ feature
- Full countdownΒ for rice functions
- State of the art Korean designedΒ ‘Hidden Controls’Β with ice white display andΒ MoTouchΒ sensitive buttons
- Chalk white or slate grey matte exterior
- 3D heatingΒ technology withΒ condensate heating evaporator (CHE)
- DetachableΒ stainless steel inner lid,Β internal hidden steam cap and condensation collector for easy cleaning
- Stainless steel steam basket, measuring cup, spatula and soup ladle included
- 220-240V, 50Hz. Factory made for Europe power.Β Detachable Schuko plug and cable
ITEM DIMENSIONS
| Item Depth (front to back) | 30.5cm |
|---|---|
| Item Width (side to side) | 25.5cm |
| Item Height (base to top) | 20cm |
| Item Weight | 3.7kg |
PACKAGE DIMENSIONS
| Package Depth (front to back) | 34.4cm |
|---|---|
| Package Width (side to side) | 29.7cm |
| Package Height (base to top) | 24cm |
| Package Weight | 4.6kg |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Hotaru has two different types of capacity. It is a 0.54 litre, 3 cup rice cooker or 1Β litre multicooker.
Let’s take the first two capacities – 0.54 litres or 3 cup. Rice cooker capacities are always referred to in litres or cups. Hotaru is a 0.54 litres capacity rice cooker and it can therefore cook 3 cups of uncooked white rice or 2 cups of uncooked brown rice – each cup is 180ml/g. So, if you want to cook 1 cup of white rice, that would be approximately 180g or if you want to cook the full capacity of 3 cups, that would be approximately 540g of uncooked rice.
The third capacity of 1 litre refers to Hotaru’s multi-cooking capacity. This means that the inner bowl can hold a maximum of 1 litres of liquid.
You can learn more about the capacity of our rice cookers in the following pages:
In our years of selling Zojirushi rice cookers, we realised that all of rice cookers on the market in the UK, Europe or the USA only had teflon/similar non-stick material inner bowls.
Based on many customer queries and opinions, we took the decision to supply an inner bowl with a premium and durable 3mm thick ceramic coating.We call this type of bowl – Joubu.
The Joubu bowl is BPA, PTFE or PFAS (PFOA and PFOS) free and is hard wearing. The inner bowl also has a special honeycomb structure to help the heat disperse evenly across the bowlβs surface.
The level lines of the bowl are silk printed rather than stamped so they can be hard wearing but also easily read in low light conditions.Β
Yes! To turn Hotaru OFF simply press the power ON/OFF button.
To turn Hotaru back ON simply press the power ON/OFF button again.
Yes, HotaruΒ has a preset timer feature. You can set this for up to 24 hours in advance, so you can have yummy rice ready for you when you get in from work or lovely hot porridge on a cold, Winters day ready for when you need warming up.
To use the Hotaru rice cooker timer you set the number of hours for when you want the function to complete (not when you want it to begin cooking).Β
For example – it is 9am and you want the white rice to be ready at 1pm. You would therefore set the preset timer for 4 hours. The rice will therefore be completed and ready to eat at 1pm.
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY!
79 reviews for Hotaru UMAI Induction Heating IH Ceramic Rice Cooker
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Oscar –
Arroz siempre perfecto!!!
Amazon Kunde –
Super Produkt, bin sehr zufrieden. endlich ein Reiskocher ohne Aluminium Teile. einfach zu reinigen interessante Programme fΓΌr verschiedene Reissorten. Allgemein bin ich sehr sehr zufrieden.
Steven R –
Good rice cooker with good features. All around positive experience with ordering from Yum Asia. I came back today to order some bags of rice as I heard good things about them. We have started to eat rice a lot more and no longer are paying extortionate Chinese or Thai restaurant prices.
Wendy T –
Delighted with this purchase. Compact but when full to capacity with rice it makes enough for our family. The design is very modern and ties in with our kitchen. Fully featured and we are convinced that we can’t live without our new family member anymore.
Omar T –
A good way to cook rice which we often eat. Never had a bad batch of rice. Good for steaming vegetables and we even made a lemon spong cake that was wonderfully moist and tasty!
Edwin T –
I have finally found the perfect small capacity induction rice cooker. Most of what I could find on the market have been much too large for our needs (family of four). In the photos these rice cookers can look small but are actually much bigger than they appear. Hotaru is exactly what we needed in terms of size and settings. It fits easily in our small kithcen and looks the bees knees!
Jenny Haslam –
Arrived on time and in good condition. Rice cooker is well made and the first pot of rice looked fantastic though I had to discard it as instructed by the user manual. Looking forward to many more! π
Roland I –
Delivery took a week which is a little long from Netherlands to Poland but it is what it is. The rice machine makes rice with impressive results. We don’t usually eat much rice but this has made it more enjoyable and ideal for when we are having friends to visit. We can now be proud of the rice we cook and it’s much easier than using a pan.
P72 –
Love my new multi cook machine. Hotaru makes perfect rice and cooks other grains, steams food etc. Looks great and feels high quality. Very silent when operating. Convenient compact size and easy to move around. Easy to clean. A real premium experience and a joy in my kitchen! Highly recommend!
Werner P –
Bought this for the mother in law. She is totally thrilled with it! She cooked her favourite Pad Krapow with rice today for lunch and I have to admit, it was the best jasmine rice I have ever tasted – hands down. So much so that I’m going to buy one for myself.