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Rice Water

A simple beverage made by boiling rice in water, straining, and sweetening.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Rice Water

Rice Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bring 1 quart of water to a boil.

  2. Add ½ cup of rice and boil gently until the rice becomes a pulp.

  3. Strain the mixture through a sieve.

  4. Sweeten to taste.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Rice
Breaks down during gentle boiling to release starch, giving the water body and a milky, thickened texture.

The step that matters

Boil gently until the rice becomes a pulp. Boiling too hard can scorch the rice on the bottom of the pot and give a burnt taste, while gentle heat lets the grains soften fully and release their starch slowly so the liquid thickens evenly.

“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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