Rice flour

Rice flour is made from ground rice. Cooks use it to thicken dishes and as a garnish.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

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

Category: Grains, flours & pasta
Made from: Rice
Cooked most in: Asia, Africa
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 69 in the catalogue

Photo: Nithyasrm · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use rice flour

Typical ways to cook or use it

Garnish
Thicken

Cooking with it

It can help prevent liquid separation in chilled or frozen recipes.

Around the world

Where rice flour is cooked

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

Dishes by continent

Asia64
Africa3

Countries whose dishes use it most

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

On the table

Dishes made with rice flour

48 of the 69 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Es Pisang Ijo
Indonesia
Appam
India, Sri Lanka
Mehallabiyya
Iran
Khanom thuai
Thailand
Koba
Madagascar
Bánh bèo
Vietnam
Padang satay
Indonesia
Koba (sweet)
Madagascar
Gavvalu
India
Sari pengantin
Indonesia
Ramanonaka
Madagascar
Murukku
India
Baayak Porridge
Indonesia
Gandasturi
Indonesia
Leker Cake
Indonesia
Putri mandi
Indonesia
Rempeyek
Indonesia
Bikang
Indonesia
Nagasari
Indonesia
Bubur kampiun
Indonesia
Burgo
Indonesia
Cendol
Indonesia
Lampet
Indonesia
Onde-onde
Indonesia
Pallu butung
Indonesia
Buah jingah
Indonesia
Getuk pisang
Indonesia
Kue putu mayang
Indonesia
Kue talam
Indonesia
Pupudak baras
Indonesia
Putu Ayu
Indonesia
Rice bread
Indonesia
Topi waja
Indonesia
Babungku
Indonesia
Bada reuteuk
Indonesia
Bola Ubi
Indonesia
Getuk Goreng
Indonesia
Jaring beras
Indonesia
Jenang grendul
Indonesia
Pepe’
Indonesia
Sunduk lawang
Indonesia
Amparan tatak
Indonesia
Apang
Indonesia
Bika
Indonesia
Keukarah
Indonesia
Padamaran
Indonesia
Pohulpohul
Indonesia
Serabi
Indonesia

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: 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: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
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.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

Made from: rice (ground)
A kind of: flour

Around the world

What rice flour is called

Names in 51 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
harina de arroz
French
farine de riz
Italian
farina di riso
Portuguese
Farinha de arroz
German
Reismehl
Dutch
rijstmeel · rijstebloem · rijstbloem
Turkish
pirinç unu
Russian
рисовая мука · мука рисовая
Polish
mąka ryżowa
Arabic
دقيق الأرز
Persian
آرد برنج
Hebrew
קמח אורז

Show all 51 languages

Armenian
Բրնձի ալյուր
Assamese
পিঠাগুড়ি
Asturian
fariña d'arroz
Bangla
চালের গুড়া
Basque
arroz-irin
Belarusian
рысавая мука
Cantonese
稻米粉
Catalan
farina d'arròs
Chinese
米粉 · 在來米粉 · 大米做成的粉末 · 米製成的粉末
Czech
rýžová mouka · mouka z rýže
Danish
rismel
Esperanto
rizfaruno
Estonian
riisijahu
Finnish
riisijauho
Fon
Wɔ̌ (gbade wɔ̌)
Galician
fariña de arroz
Hungarian
rizsliszt
Icelandic
hrísmjöl
Indonesian
tepung beras
Japanese
米粉
Javanese
glepung beras
kge
Golpung biyas
Korean
쌀가루
Latvian
rīsu milti
Lithuanian
ryžių miltai
Macedonian
Оризово брашно
Malay
tepung beras
Malayalam
അരിപ്പൊടി
Minangkabau
Tapuang bareh
Sanskrit
तण्डुलपिष्टम्
Serbian
Пиринчано брашно
Simplified Chinese (China)
米粉
Slovak
ryžová múka
Slovenian
riževa moka
Swedish
rismjöl
Tamil
அரிசி மாவு
Tatar
дөге оны
Tatar (Cyrillic)
дөге оны
Thai
แป้งข้าวเจ้า
Ukrainian
рисове борошно
Vietnamese
bột gạo · bột nếp

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: Q1269205

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