Why am I thinking of this now?

A few years ago... my Pakistani and Indian co-workers told me I was “a typical white person” because I didn’t wash my rice before cooking.

Well... obviously I changed that. But I can’t figure out why the rice needs to dry.

I wash the rice with water. I dry it. Then I put it back into water.

The drying part doesn’t make sense.

Do you wash your rice? Do you wait for it to dry or is the drying part just telling you not to keep it soaking in water?

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Northwest · M

I never wash rice prior to cooking it.

SW-User

@Northwest Sometimes tiny stones are in it. You need to wash it in a strainer and inspect it, pulling out any particles of dirt or pebbles before cooking.

Unless you're making a boil in a bag or microwaveable rice?

Northwest · M

@SW-User I have yet to devolve to microwaveable rice, but I can see through the plastic Trader Joe small rice bag that there are no tiny stones in there :-)

SW-User

@Northwest lol. Trader Joe's is a whole different ball game. I believe they clean it prior to bagging.