How to Cook Rice

I couldn’t get this far in this cookbook without talking about rice because, as you flip through the pages and recipes, you’ll soon learn how important rice is to Thai food. Rice is the foundation of almost every Thai dish. I’m serious—even desserts. You can eat rice in soups, accompanying curries, with fried eggs, and even in Thai-style ice cream sundaes. Rice flour is used for frying, making sweet dumplings, preparing fresh noodles, or as a thickening agent.

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