Why do you have to rinse your rice before cooking it??

Question

I know alot of people that dont do it, they just put it in the bot and start cooking but some peeps wash it off first???

What can I rinse my rice with? I cant put it into a spagetti strainer thing because the rice falls out. cant think of anything else to use

Answer 1

It gets all the starch out

Answer 2

Why do you need to rinse the rice first? Won’t I be rinsing off the vitamins?
Rinsing removes extra starch. We do not enrich the rice, all the vitamins are natural. It is also a good practice to inspect any agriculture product for foreign matter while washing it.

Don’t you lose all of the vitamins when you take off the bran layer?
You do lose fiber or bran, however the iron, protein, Thiamin and Niacin are not lost.

Look in the store for something that is called "cheesecloth". It is sturdy enough to wash and rinse rice and also will be porous enough to allow the rice to be properly drained.

Answer 3

In Mexico we rinse the rice before preparing it to get rid of the starch and any other additional goodies, like stones, fluff, dirt, bugs, we never take it for granted that the rice is clean, because there is no guarantee that it is, and we know that rice is stored for a long time in warehouses with poor pest control. And I am not a peep, I just don't like boiled rice.

Answer 4

There is no need to rinse rice under normal packaging conditions. It actually removes nutrition from the rice itself.

However, if you buy rice in bulk or in large bags - like 25-50 or 100 pounds, it usually is not packaged in the same sterile environment as the 1 or 2 pound package found in the supermarket. If you do rinse small packages, do it quickly and very briefly. You don't want to lose the starchiness of the rice itself.

Answer 5

Rinse it to remove foreign particles. I keep rice in the freezer to eliminate the chance of bugs taking up residence. I don't believe that rinsing removes starch--I think the starch comes from the kernel as it cooks.

Answer 6

if you don't want your rice really sticky you rinse it-it is just the starch that is being rinsed off as it can make rice sticky and gummy-I have made rice with rinsing and without. It tastes the same just the texture was slightly different. Some off brands might have gravel in them and I would definatly suggest rinsing it then.

Answer 7

Some people, don't cuz they want to retain the vitamins.

However, I started to do it, cuz sometimes, rice has small pebbles in it, and sometimes lil bugs. So I soak the rice, and see what floats to the top. Then I strain it, and rinse it a few times. I buy Goya rice, it seems to be pretty clean.
Basmati rice, is very dirty!

Answer 8

In Japan, you will desire to rinse it. that's the way we are raised. i become advised the exterior layer soaks up water, making the rice dry. Wash it in chilly water, no longer heat or warm. do no longer wash it too plenty or the rice will ruin down into little products. Scrub your hand interior the process the rice in water, then drain the water out and scrub interior the process the rice with out water, then upload water, swoosh the rice slightly (do no longer scrub anymore) and drain. Your completed. then you definately only upload water to cook.

Answer 9

It removes the extra pieces of starch that make the rice stick together.

Answer 10

washing it removes some of the starch so that it doesn't stick together in a big blob of goo when cooked.

Depends on the variety of rice, some don't need to be washed.

Answer 11

To raw rice talcum powder is added to keep it dry and keep it from sticking together.
Talcum is not poisonous, but it gives better taste when you rinse it off.