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minus-squareCyanFen@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·8 months agoRice clumps depending on how you rinse and cook it. The type of rice has little to do with it.
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·8 months agoThe type of rice has a lot to do with it. You can kind of tweak it with rinsing and cooking, but there’s no way you’re getting basmati to stick together like sushi rice.
minus-squareCyanFen@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·8 months agoSushi rice sticks together because of the sushi vinegar and sugar, not so much because of the type of rice
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoGo try that on basmati rice and see for yourself.
minus-squareCyanFen@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoI have, in a pinch. If you cook it right and add the sushi seasoning, it’s actually TOO sticky. It also tastes completely wrong.
Rice clumps depending on how you rinse and cook it. The type of rice has little to do with it.
The type of rice has a lot to do with it. You can kind of tweak it with rinsing and cooking, but there’s no way you’re getting basmati to stick together like sushi rice.
Sushi rice sticks together because of the sushi vinegar and sugar, not so much because of the type of rice
Go try that on basmati rice and see for yourself.
I have, in a pinch. If you cook it right and add the sushi seasoning, it’s actually TOO sticky. It also tastes completely wrong.