Sweet rice

• English name: Sweet rice
• Also known as: glutinous rice, sticky rice, waxy rice, botan rice, biroin chal, mochi rice, pearl rice
• Scientific name: Oryza sativa var. glutinosa
• Classified under: Grains

• Korean name: 찹쌀
• Romanized: Chapssal

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• Where to buy
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Despite its name, this rice is not sweet at all. It’s much stickier than usual short grain rice, which is why it’s also called “glutinous rice” – because it’s like glue, not because it contains gluten.

Posted Saturday, March 8th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Tagged: chapssal, 찹쌀, korean food, korean ingredients, Maangchi, sweet rice