What I meant to say is that rice tends to keep its form in the West. It’s cooked and mixed with a variety of different things. What you see on the plate can immediately be identified as rice.
Asian countries get very creative by turning it into flour or paste and using that like any other ingredient. Just like butter, sugar, or salt could be encountered anywhere, rice can hide just about anywhere. You would never know unless you made that food.
What I meant to say is that rice tends to keep its form in the West. It’s cooked and mixed with a variety of different things. What you see on the plate can immediately be identified as rice.
Asian countries get very creative by turning it into flour or paste and using that like any other ingredient. Just like butter, sugar, or salt could be encountered anywhere, rice can hide just about anywhere. You would never know unless you made that food.