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Originally posted by mtsgsd
Fluffy light rice that doesn't stick together isn't natural! After much exposure to Asian friend's and their cooking I finally realized that it's an American thing to want the rice neat and tidy  The rice should be sticky so that it's easier to eat (chopsticks or not) I find that it tastes better too.
Ok, sticky is a relative term unless you're cooking the true sticky rice, but still, it's not minute rice either! I second the idea of a rice cooker. I've had a Hitachi cooker for 15 years now and it's still going strong.
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Depends on what sort of Asian friends you have. Japanese and Koreans tend to like stickier rice, while the chinese like their rice long-grained, and hence less sticky and more fluffy.
Compare and contrast the rice you get at Korean and Jap restaurants, versus the rice you get from a Chinese restaurant.
If you like stickier rice, get the short and medium grained ones that may be labelled japanese rice. Fluffy and fragrant rice can be made from jasmine rice. It's normally from Thailand, and its long grained and "fluffy".
never did understand what was meant by fluffy. To me, any rice that is "fluffy" is rice that is NOT hard and halfcooked, like how you westerners like your rice.. =P Love risotto though, even if its a pain in the ass to make yourself.