Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course I wash rice. And never pasta. I don’t understand the comparison.

Same. Rice is a grain and needs to be washed for most uses.

Yes, washing rice three times before cooking removes arsenic.


Boiling rice in lots of water (like pasta) and draining the liquid out reduces arsenic even more, and it reduces a significant amount of starch. Making it more suitable for giving to babies and people who want to lower their carbs.

Depends on rice - should never wash Arborio or Bomba rice or ruins texture and they are hand-sorted, cleaned, and dried. Wash or soak other varieties.

Yes, because someone on the food network told me to years ago.

Yes always wash rice. I don’t know any Asians who don’t.

-Asian

Yes, of course I wash rice. And never pasta. I don’t understand the comparison.

Anonymous wrote:If you wash rice, why do you not wash pasta?

Seriously?? Don’t you think pasta gets “washed” when it’s cooked in boiling water? The starchy water is drained & discarded. With rice, the water is absorbed into the rice grain.

Rice is supposed to be washed. Ask any Asian.

If you wash rice, why do you not wash pasta?

OP Nigel Ng says, wash your rice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53me-ICi_f8

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/uncle-roger-rice-food-appropriation-intl-hnk/index.html

Yes, always. I wash rice 3 or 4 times.
I have never heard of washing pasta.

I toss rice in a mesh strainer and rinse it in water - like, I swish it around with one hand while holding the strainer with the other hand. Maybe ten seconds, max.

No, to pasta.

Yes but more to rinse excess starch than to clean of dirt or debris. Have never washed pasta.

No, neither

If so, do you wash pasta also?