Ma Mar Sein cooking rice in her kitchen off to the left side of her kitchen. To cook rice, you boil water, add rice, take it out of the pot, and strain it with a woven bamboo tray. Cooking is done three times a day, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Cooking starts a few hours before the meal is to be eaten. Breakfast is cooked starting at around 4am, lunch starting at around 9am, and dinner at around 2pm.