1. Different raw materials: Glutinous rice flour is made by soaking glutinous rice overnight, grinding it into slurry, and hanging it in a cloth bag overnight. When the water drops dry, break up the wet glutinous rice flour and let it dry. Finished glutinous rice flour. Of course, you can also buy it ready-made in supermarkets. Rice flour is a powder ground from the seeds of the gramineous plant rice (rice). It is also called rice flour or indica rice flour. It is a raw material for a variety of foods and is the lowest waxy variety among all kinds of rice.
2. The feel is different: rice flour is relatively fine and smooth, and pure rice flour will not feel particles when you squeeze and rub it with your thumb and index finger. Glutinous rice flour is relatively soft, tough, smooth, and fragrant. Its powder particles are relatively loose and its color is generally white. At the same time, it has strong water absorption and sticks to water. Therefore, it is also called glutinous rice flour or glutinous rice flour in the north. Sticky rice flour.
3. Different uses: Glutinous rice flour is made from glutinous rice. It is relatively sticky. It is called glutinous rice flour or sticky rice flour in the north. It is suitable for making Yuanxiao, pumpkin cakes, glutinous rice balls, donkey rolls, sugar rice cakes and fried Chinese dishes. Snacks etc. Use your thumb and index finger to squeeze and rub the rice flour. Pure rice flour will not feel granular at all, and is smooth and soft. Rice flour is the first choice for making snacks, and can be made into carrot cakes, taro cakes, glutinous rice cakes and other delicacies.
Reference for the above content? Baidu Encyclopedia - Glutinous Rice Flour