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Whatever you do, dont ever eat basmati rice.
I was eating out last weekend and ate basmati rice thinking it mightnt bother me too much. Ive been in a flare up since. Now im sensitive to everything.

I read afterwards that basmati is nearly 60% amylose so its the complete opposite of what we want.
I also discovered there are a few amylose free varieties of maize, sorghum millet and even potato. Though I dont know where you could buy these varieties.

Hi Zark, I have 2 questions for you.

1. Do you have a favorite brand of asian glutinous sticky rice?

I visited an asian supermarket but I was afraid to purchase because much of the product info is not in English. The clerk pointed me to the "sweet rice" and said the word glutinous refers to sweet (as in glucose I guess). She was very knowledgeable but I still didn't pull the trigger.

2. Also, she instructed that to cook it, you first rinse this rice thoroughly until the water rinses clear, then soak for several hours, then you steam it. Is this what You do?

Thanks!
Barbara

Hi John,
Yeah I have actually tried "waxy maize" which has no amylose. I didn't react badly. Actually I tried both the waxy maize flour and also waxy corn cob without AS issues. The waxy corn cobs I found in an asian grocer, and I wasn't too fond of them as they didn't have much flavour. Haven't yet seen the "waxy" potato in person - not that I would know what to look for :-/

Hi Dreamflyer, glad the blog was useful / interesting

>> 1. Do you have a favorite brand of asian glutinous sticky rice?

Oh not really. My main rule is to stick to the thai produce and avoid the chinese ones. I bought some of what I thought was "black sticky rice" but it just turned out to be "black rice". Not good!

>> clerk pointed me to the "sweet rice" and said the word glutinous refers to sweet

Yep, the clerk is correct about the "sweet rice" bit. It is a bit of a gamble though as sometimes they mess up the translations, or use the wrong packaging when they import it into english speaking countries. More established brands won't make this mistake of course.

>> Also, she instructed that to cook it, you first rinse this rice thoroughly until the
>> water rinses clear, then soak for several hours, then you steam it. Is this what You do?

The main difference to cooking normal rice is that I use a bit less water when cooking. I use a rice cooker, and fill with water until the water line is above the rice by touching the rice with my index finger and checking it is filled halfway between the finger tip and the first knuckle ..hope that makes sense.

I have never bothered with soaking it. I usually do rinse it a bit, but am not too fussed about that. Usually any weevils float to the top right away - and it doesn't happen too often anyway (Bit of extra protein ;-) )