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Rice Milk

A thickened milk made from rice, water, milk, egg, sugar, and salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Rice Milk

Why it works: Rice and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,374 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Rice Milk

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the rice

  1. Pick over and wash the rice, then soak it in lukewarm water for 1 hour.

  2. In a saucepan, combine the soaked rice and cold water.

  3. Cook over medium heat until the rice swells.

  4. Add the milk and boil until the rice is tender.

Combine and finish

  1. In a bowl, beat the egg, then mix in the sugar and salt.

  2. Combine the egg mixture with the rice and milk, stirring well.

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

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Milk + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Rice + sugartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Milk and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Rice
Swells and softens as it cooks, thickening the liquid and giving the drink its body.
Milk
Forms the main liquid, adding creaminess and richness to the finished drink.
Egg
Adds richness and helps thicken the mixture slightly when stirred in.
Sugar
Adds sweetness to balance the milk and rice.

The step that matters

Combining the egg with the hot rice and milk. Beaten egg poured into very hot liquid can set into small lumps or scramble. Stirring well while combining keeps the egg dispersed and the drink 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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