Rice Water, or Mucilage Op Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the rice thoroughly with cold water.
Make the rice water
Soak the rice in 1 quart of tepid water for 3 hours.
Boil the mixture slowly for 1 hour.
Strain the liquid before serving.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Carolina rice
- Releases starch into the water, giving the liquid its body and slight thickness.
- Water
- Carries the rice's starch out of the grain and forms the base of the liquid.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture slowly for 1 hour. Gentle simmering lets the starch release steadily from the soaked rice without the liquid boiling over or scorching on the bottom of the pot.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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