STICKY RICE

It wouldn't be fair not to talk about food in my blogs. It has the word food in it!!

I have made sticky rice many times. I personally love it. It is more feeling and dense but am guessing that is only psychological. Many of us are experts at making sticky rice even though we would prefer it to be grainy and separated but the outcome is usually bad. 

One easy trick on how NOT to make sticky rice is simple. Wash the rice!! Professional chefs wash rice up to 7 times. This is so as to remove the starch. Completion of removal of starch from the rice is indicated by clear running water coming from the other end of the sieve.

So NEVER wash rice 

• in stagnant water
• with hot water

In a sieve pass water through the rice until the resulting water is clear. That will ensure that all the startch is removed and the resulting rice (while keeping the ratio of water:rice at 2:1 cups) will be grainy and separated like everyone loves it. ITS THAT SIMPLE.