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Rice Water

A beverage made by cooking rice in cold and boiling water, then straining.

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

Rice Water

Ingredients

Directions

Make the rice water

  1. Wash the rice thoroughly.

  2. Combine the rice and cold water in a saucepan.

  3. Place the saucepan on low heat for 1 hour.

  4. Add the boiling water.

  5. Simmer slowly until the rice is nearly dissolved.

Strain and serve

  1. Strain the mixture.

  2. Serve hot or cold.

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
Releases starch into the water, giving the liquid body and a lightly thickened texture.

The step that matters

Simmering slowly until the rice is nearly dissolved. Rice can scorch and stick to the base of the pan if the heat is too high. Gentle heat lets the starch and grains break down evenly without burning, so the liquid stays clean and smooth.

“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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