rice paste

Asian cooking staple

Rice paste is a thick, starchy substance made from ground or cooked rice mixed with water.

It serves various purposes: as a food ingredient in Asian cuisines for dumplings and sweets, as an adhesive for paper crafts and bookbinding, or as a base for cosmetics.

The paste ranges from smooth to grainy depending on preparation: She used rice paste to seal the spring roll wrappers.

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pounded · chewy · Korean · Japanese · sweet · red bean · filling · steamed · gummy · soft · white · stretchy · dessert · dim sum · Asian · noodles · wrapper · dumpling

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form/texture

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Rice before cooking

uncooked rice · puffed rice · crispy rice · rice flour · rice crackers

grain source

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Starchy homemade glue

flour paste

grain processing form

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Unmilled paddy product

rice flour · whole grains · wheat berries

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G