Eating in China
Generated guide illustration of glutinous rice.

Glutinous rice

糯米Nuòmǐ

Sticky rice used in sweets.

Type
Flour & starch noodles

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

White glutinous rice has opaque, chalky-looking grains that become sticky when cooked.

In the kitchen

Steamed and pounded for aiwowo.

This is rice grain, distinct from milled glutinous-rice flour and from the rice-flour dusting.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有糯米吗?

Does this dish contain Glutinous rice?

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