Why am I thinking of this now?

After your comments... I’m starting to think the ladies at work were messing with me about drying the rice.

I do wash my rice. I do not wash it. lol.

Depending on what sort of rice I’m using I’ll wash it or even soak it overnight. The drying part I haven’t really heard of? Unless you are making rice balls or sushi or something 🤷‍♀️

We wash our rice. But don't dry it
I am indian.

I wash the rice because it makes it less sticky when I cook it
I make sure I get rid of the water and the starch it cleaned off the rice but I don’t dry it

Haha that's funny. Yeah we don't really do that in the west, though we should as it gets rid of excess starch and you don't end up with a mush.
I'm not sure why you're supposed to dry it tbh. I rinse it sometimes, not with brown its just with white.

Uncle Ben has never told me to do that.

Their comment is incredibly stupid, why tell anyone that they are a "typical something" and what does washing rice have to do with skin colour.🤷‍♀️

I soak up rice for about 30 mins in hot water, but I never let it dry.. And it is not exactly "washing it", and I don't think it has to do with me being brown coloured 🤷‍♀️ It is just the way rice is cooked.

Just ask the Asians how to make rice lol.

I'm sure they were joking about the drying. We always wash the rice a couple of times and then drain it (not dry it). It's probably just trying to remove most of the water so when you add water to cook it, the water to rice ratio won't be off. We have a very standard and calculated way of making rice, but of course, it changes with different types of rice. And yeah, sometimes we let the rice soak, depending on the type of dish we're going to make and the style of rice we're having.

Also, Chinese people prefer their rice to be fluffy and a little sticky. I believe Indian people have their rice a bit more dry and like the grains to separate?

Some rice varieties have more starch, washing it before and after will make it less sticky, but not a good idea for risotto ;)

Usually wash it, don't dry it, but sometimes I don't even wash it and turns out fine still.

When I make basmati rice usually it's perfect and I never wash it.

I am quite enjoying your comments section :D

I never wash rice prior to cooking it.

I've never dried it, just always washed it before I cook it

Now you got me hungry for rice! 😐

I rinse it well. You don't have to dry it .

I wash but never dry rice

I cannot say, but I definitely think they were yanking your chain about drying it. 😂