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Steamed Sweet Rice

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Side, Japanese

Tags: boiled, japanese, medium difficulty, recipes using rice, recipes with metric units, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings, side dish, steamed

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ASteamed_Sweet_Rice)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ASteamed%20Sweet%20Rice&oldid=4513054

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups (360 ml) sweet glutinous rice (mochi gome)
  • Water

Directions

  1. Place sweet glutinous rice in a medium bowl.
  2. Wash rice thoroughly in cool water, rinsing and repeating until water is clear, drain, then return rice to bowl.
  3. Add 3 cups (720 ml) water to the rice. Soak for 6 hours or overnight.
  4. Drain well, spread rice evenly in a round, 8–9 inch (20 cm) shallow baking pan, and add ⅓ cup (80 ml) water.
  5. In a wok, bring about 4 cups (950 ml) water to a boil over medium high heat.
  6. Place a steamer tray in the wok.
  7. Cover the pan of rice and place on the tray over the boiling water.
  8. Steam for 30 minutes. If rice is not tender, sprinkle with 2–3 tablespoons of water, and steam it for 5 minutes more.
  9. When tender, remove steamer tray from wok.