Cuisine at Home

Last issue you had a recipe that called for glutinous rice flour. Is it the same thing as regular rice flour?

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No. Glutinous rice flour, also known as sweet rice flour, is ground from long- or short-grain glutinous rice (aka sticky rice). But, it’s not sweet and it does not contain gluten. It does, however, have a much higher starch content than other kinds of rice, making it great at thickening or binding, like in the Sesame Balls from Issue 139. Conversely, regular rice flour is ground from long- or medium-grain rice, your common, everyday type. It too is gluten-free. These flours should not be used interchang­eably unless noted in a recipe.

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