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room temperature, fully submerged
glutinous rice rinsed until the water runs clear, then covered by two inches of water — steam hydrates only the outside of a dry grain, so a rice that goes into the basket unsoaked comes out with a chalky opaque core no amount of extra steaming will fix. Rinsing first removes the loose surface starch that would otherwise glue the bed into a single cake