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resilience   than    it  would   have    if  cooked
fully and simply rewarmed. Then just
before serving, the chilled rice is reheated
and finished with hot broth and
enrichments.

Rice Powder Rice powder is a condiment
made in Vietnam and Thailand by roasting the
grains, then grinding them; it’s sprinkled on a
variety of dishes just before eating.


Rice Noodles and Rice Paper Despite rice’s
lack of gluten, noodles and thin sheets can be
made from rice-flour doughs (p. 579). Rice
paper is used as a wrapper to enclose meat and
vegetable preparations, and can be eaten
either simply moistened or fried.


Mochi Mochi is the Japanese name for a
chewy, almost elastic preparation of sticky
rice that may be formed into balls or into thin
sheets for wrapping around a filling of some
kind. It’s made by steaming sticky rice, then

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