What is White Rice Flour
A type of flour produced from grinding polished rice into a powder. White rice flour can be used as a thickening agent for sauces and puddings. It is also very popular for the preparation of a variety of Asian noodles. It is used in some baked goods, such as cakes, cookies, and dumplings. Bread and noodles made of rice flour have a sticky and chewy texture. Rice flour is finely milled rice used principally in baking or as a dusting powder in commercial scale baking operations. Starch is the most important fraction of this flour and is detrimental to its functionality in food systems such as baking, noodles, gravies, crackers and many others. Rice flour is produced from the Oryza sativa plant, an important cereal that forms the staple article of food of many Asian populations, mainly in China, India, Indonesia, and more recently in North America and parts of Africa and South America. White rice production involves dehulling and tempering prior to milling to remove its bran.