On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 12:41:58 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
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> Ok... you are in Hawaii and don't know sweet rice? WOW.
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> No, you do NOT have to cook it in coconut milk. It is a sticky rice so
> yes, it will 'glump' as it is supposed to do that.
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> It's most common use is sushi for exactly that 'glump' factor.

I do know what sweet rice is, I just call it mochi rice. It's the rice that you can get in Thai restaurants. They call it "sticky" rice. You can also get regular Chinese style rice at Thai restaurants too.

Sushi rice is made with medium grain rice i.e., Japanese rice. The rice is made by cooling down the hot rice while stirring and mixing. The old school way is to stir with one hand and fan the rice with the other. The reason you stir the rice is to keep the grains from clumping up. When it's done, the grains will be glistening and separate from each other. They will stick together if pressed but sushi should never be gummy. I used to watch my auntie make sushi rice. I don't have the patience or temperament to make it myself.

You probably do eat more rice than I do. I'll have it at most twice a day because I usually eat two time a day.