Cooking apparatus

An electrical cooking apparatus for cooking natural substances such as rice, herbs soups, and the like, said cooking device being divided into a lower cooking chamber and an upper cooling chamber which comprises:

• a cooking container disposed within said lower cooking chamber,
• valve means providing communication between said upper cooling chamber and said cooking container whereby the cooking steam rising from the cooking container and introduces through said valve means into said cooling chamber is condensed and returned as a liquid to said cooking container,
• downwardly inclined baffle means disposed within the cooking container and beneath said valve means for interrupting the flow of condensed liquid through said valve means and directing it to the side walls of the cooking container, said baffle means having a generally circular configuration, with a surface structure comprising a plurality of ridges and valleys, said valleys terminating in pointed end portions which contact side walls of the cooking container and said ridges terminating in portions which extend away from the side walls, and
• means for heating said cooking apparatus.