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The "standard" method used by East Asians is to wash the rice several times until water is clear before cooking. This waste water is said to be good to water pl
by mytailorisrich 1y ago
The "standard" method used by East Asians is to wash the rice several times until water is clear before cooking. This waste water is said to be good to water plants with and accounts for most of the water needed.
- dylan604 1y agoInteresting. I was unaware of that being a thing. Is there any point/benefit to that?
- igouy 1y agoRinse rice a couple of times and the water goes from cloudy to clear. One might imagine that the rice clumps together less and has a "cleaner" mouth-feel.
- plorkyeran 1y agoRinsing the starch off the rice results in the cooked rice having a significantly different texture. It's how you get fluffy and not very sticky rice, which is typically what you want for east asian dishes. Some rice dishes specifically need you to not rinse the rice.
- reorder9695 1y agoAdam Ragusea has a good video on this topic: https://youtu.be/B3CHsbNkr3c https://youtu.be/B3CHsbNkr3c