Glutinous Rice with Chestnuts

When I was a child and chestnut season arrived, my mother would prepare chestnut rice both with ordinary rice (kuri gohan) and with the glutinous, sweet variety, which makes the dish kuri okowa. I preferred kuri okowa. The chestnuts add fragrance to the chewy rice. Like other okowa (glutinous rice) dishes, this one is served with gomashio, a mixture of sesame seeds and salt.

Look for large, heavy, gloss