Rinsing rice to use later

[mackthepony]

Making a biriyani for supper. Have washed the rice already and plan to use it in 2/3 hours. Will it be OK? Shall I refrigerate?

I know advice is to chill rice quickly AFTER cooking, but not sure about protocol when rinsing beforehand.

why do you rinse it?

Why have you rinsed thw rice?

Not sure I’d bother refrigerating it, why did you rinse it so early?

Washed or cooked?

Never rinsed rice

Lots of rice has instructions to rinse before cooking.

I have never rinsed rice before so I can't be sure , even if you drain it really well won't the moisture soak in and start to soften it ?

there are instructions on rice??? who knew?🙃

Absolutely fine, people have probably been making biriyani like this for centuries.

I've never rinsed rice but I put my cooked rice on a large plate to cool evenly then put it in the fridge when it's cool

I rinse rice until the water runs clear.
It will be fine until you cook it OP

Never rinse rice.

For those asking, you should always rinse (white) rice to remove the starch before cooking. With biriyani, you often leave it to soak for a period of time as well before cooking.

Are "we "rinsing to take the starch off ?

I'm horrified that people do not rinse rice. Basmati needs rinising and soaking for 30mins minimum ideally an hour. You will have the tastiest fluffiest rice

Yeah I thought this was completely standard!

Never rinse rice, never had complaints.

I do rinse lentils and beans though, because they need to soak.

goodness, how little it takes to horrify you!

I prefer my rice starchy so never rinse it but that's because I prefer cooking Chinese to Indian in which case I might rinse basmati rice if I were going to cook it but tbh I don't think I could be arsed

We rinse rice - usually just let it stand in cool water until ready to cook. It will be fine.

My DP oversees me washing the rice to make sure I do it properly He's only recently started to trust me with his precious rice cooker six years in.

(This is tongue in cheek, in case anybody thinks my DP might be controlling with food. He's an African man who knows how he likes his rice... and it tastes so much better.)

Who the hell doesn’t rinse rice?

My rice is delicious having never rinsed it or known that it has instructions. I'm intrigued though so will rinse next time and see.

Always rinse rice! It's a claggy mess otherwise

Did not know this was a thing. Will rinse next time to see!