Short grain rice

Mepssal 멥쌀

Uncooked short grain rice is called mepssal in Korean. It’s also known as “sushi rice” and is stickier than long grain rice, and can be found in many Asian grocery stores, as it’s very popular in Japan as well. Here’s the recipe for cooked rice.

Posted on Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 at 7:08 am. Last updated on May 2, 2017.
Tagged: 멥쌀, 쌀, korean food, Korean kitchen, Korean rice, mep-ssal, mepssal, short grain rice, ssal, uncooked rice, uncooked short grain rice

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kymeeb Phoenix AZ joined 11/11 & has 2 comments
Posted February 13th, 2014 at 2:14 pm | Log in to reply.

Hello,
Can you please post a video and recipe for Korean rice with beans? Or perhaps a five-grain rice? A recipe that uses a rice cooker, preferably.

Thank you!!

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English name: Short grain rice
Other English name(s): sushi rice, Japanese rice, japonica, uruchimai (from Japanese)
Scientific name: Oryza sativa ssp. japonica
Classified under: Grains

Korean name: 멥쌀
Romanized: Mepssal
Other Korean name(s): 맵쌀

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Mepssal 멥쌀

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