Glutinous rice (
Oryza sativa var. glutinosa or
Oryza glutinosa; also called sticky rice, sweet rice, waxy rice, botan rice, mochi rice, and pearl rice) is a type of short-grained
Asian rice that is especially sticky when cooked. It is called glutinous (< Latin glūtinōsus) in the sense of being glue-like or sticky and not in the sense of containing
gluten; on the other hand, it is called sticky but should not be confused with the other varieties of Asian rice that become sticky to one degree or another when cooked. In comparison with those rices, sticky rice is very sticky.
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Known as nasi ketan. Glutinous rice that cooks up stick and sweet. The unhulled rice is black and turns purplish black when cooked. The hulled rice is white.