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Is it okay to rinse rice with cold water and cook it?

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Asked on:Apr 13, 2026 06:28 AM

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  • Boardman Boardman

    Apr 13, 2026

     

      Is it okay to wash rice in cold water and cook it?

      Rice is a staple food that citizens often eat. Rice can be cooked in three ways: steaming, stewing, and fishing. Experiments have confirmed that the vitamin and mineral content in rice is only equivalent to 5% of that of steamed rice, or even less. If you use a pressure cooker, rice cooker or microwave to make rice, the nutrients in the rice will be better preserved. When cooking porridge with rice, whether it is white porridge, bean porridge or vegetable porridge, alkali should not be added. Because the loss rate of vitamin B in porridge cooked with alkali is as high as 96%, and minerals are not easily absorbed. Alkali should not be added when cooking rice dumplings or making bean paste filling.

      When washing rice, wash it in cold water, not running water or hot water. The water consumption and the number of washings should be reduced as much as possible to remove sediment. Rice contains vitamins and inorganic salts, both of which are easily soluble in water. If you wash the rice for too long and scrub the rice vigorously, all the surface nutrients of the rice will be lost! The nutrition of rice is mainly in the surface layer. To put it simply, if you want to preserve the nutrition of rice, you should remember when washing rice: do not wash the rice with running water or hot water, do not rub or stir the rice vigorously, do not blister When washing rice, use less water.

      The rice must be boiled immediately after washing. If the rice is soaked for a long time, a large amount of the nutrient called riboflavin in the rice will be lost, and protein, fat, etc. will also be lost to a certain extent.

      Rice is rich in essential nutrients for the human body and is one of the main foods for our people. To cook with rice, you must first wash the rice to remove the sediment and debris mixed in the rice grains. But if you don't wash rice properly, it will easily cause the nutrients on the surface of the rice grains to be lost with the water when they are washed away. Tests have shown that if rice grains are rubbed and washed in water, 4% of their protein content will be lost, 10% of fat will be lost, and 5% of inorganic salts will be lost.

      Rice contains vitamins and inorganic salts, both of which are easily soluble in water. If you wash the rice for as long as you do - it's been five minutes, and you still scrub the rice so hard, all the nutrients on the surface of the rice will be lost! The nutrition of rice is mainly in the surface layer. To put it simply, if you want to preserve the nutrition of rice, you should remember when washing rice: do not wash rice with running water or hot water, do not rub or stir the rice vigorously, do not soak the rice in water, and use less water when washing rice.

      There is also a saying about cooking: rice must be boiled immediately after washing. If the rice is soaked for a long time, a large amount of a nutrient called riboflavin in the rice will be lost, and protein, fat, etc. will also be lost to a certain extent. So hurry up and cook now.

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