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Glutinous rice flour

Glutinous rice flour is made from ground glutinous rice. Cooks use it for baking.

  • Plant-based

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Glutinous rice flour, whole

Photo: Ocomejessian · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use glutinous rice flour

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake

Preparing it

Dry glutinous rice flour can be used to make galapong, though the result is considered less good.

Around the world

Where glutinous rice flour is cooked

29 dishes in the catalogue use glutinous rice flour. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list glutinous rice flour among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with glutinous rice flour

23 of the 29 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.
  • Timphan

    Indonesia

  • Osmanthus cake

    China

  • Kue muso

    Indonesia

  • Putri mandi

    Indonesia

  • Balungan hayam

    Indonesia

  • Akar Pinang

    Indonesia

  • Cendol

    Indonesia

  • Jenang kudus

    Indonesia

  • Lampet

    Indonesia

  • Bubur gunting

    Indonesia

  • Jenang grendul

    Indonesia

  • Jenang krasikan

    Indonesia

  • Papari

    Indonesia

  • Gemblong

    Indonesia

  • Getas

    Indonesia

  • Kakicak

    Indonesia

  • Putu ambung

    Indonesia

  • Ulin-Ulin

    Indonesia

  • Dumbleng

    Indonesia

  • Man reman

    Indonesia

  • Sale pisang

    Indonesia

  • Sweet Peanut sticky rice

    Indonesia

  • Sengkulun

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include glutinous rice flour.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: glutinous rice flour in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: eggs, fish, milk, molluscs, sulphites, crustaceans.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Alcohol
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
glutinous rice (ground)

Around the world

What glutinous rice flour is called

Names in 8 languages, from Wikidata.
  • German

    Klebreismehl

  • Persian

    شیراتاما کو

  • Chinese

    糯米粉

  • Japanese

    もち粉 · 上新粉

  • Korean

    찹쌀가루

  • Indonesian

    tepung ketan · tepung beras ketan

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  • Cantonese

    糯米粉

  • Catalan

    farina d'arròs glutinós

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q18235491

Photos

Photo: Ocomejessian · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons