puffed rice

Airy cereal base

Puffed rice is rice that has been heated under pressure until the grains expand dramatically, becoming light and airy.

The technique creates a crunchy, neutral-flavored cereal grain used in breakfast cereals, rice cakes, and snack bars.

In South Asian cuisines, puffed rice appears in street foods and sweets like bhel puri and chivda.

cooking

chaat

Savory South Asian street-snack

seasoned · spiced · salted · fried · coated

texture

crispy

Brittle and snapping

delicate · snap · crackle · pop · brittle · expanded · bubbly · flaky · crunch · featherlight

cereal

milk

Mammalian nursing fluid

grains · krispies · sugar · honey · fruit · nutrition · fiber · morning · energy · muesli

sweets

brittle

Liable to shatter

honey · marshmallow · candy · molasses · sugar coating

snack

popcorn

Heated grain that puffs

trail mix · granola bars

Categories
Opposites
texture/density

puffed ricesticky rice

Adhesive cooked grain variety

glutinous rice · rice pudding · risotto · congee · mochi

preparation method

puffed ricefried rice

Stir-cooked grain dish

steamed rice · congee · paella · risotto · rice pilaf

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G