Rice

Riz

What it is

Domesticated some ten thousand years ago, rice now feeds half of humanity every single day. In Japanese, the word for cooked rice — gohan — is simply the word for “meal”: the grain and the act of eating are the same idea.

In the kitchen

Rinse until the water runs clear for distinct grains; skip the rinse when you want creaminess, as in risotto or rice pudding.

Goes with

Saffron Shiitake Soy sauce Coconut milk Egg Sesame Turmeric

Same species

Akazu Arborio rice Rice paper (bánh tráng) Basmati rice Black glutinous rice Black rice

Also used with

Aonori Arame Baharat Banana leaf Beni shoga Bettarazuke

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