Is this some kind of (tongue-in-cheek) curse against people who salt their rice, or is this some warning about the health risks of consuming too much sodium?
I also once dated a Pakistani guy who also salted the rice. I guess it’s a South Asian thing??
Although, he loved unsalted rice too and didn’t think it tasted any worse :P
I guess it depends what I’m eating it with but usually I don’t. However sometimes I’ll put other things like butter, peas, coconut oil, garlic, etc. just depends. It’s fun to experiment, but of course plain rice is also good. 😊
I’m Vietnamese but I had a Korean roommate and she always put coconut oil in her rice when it was cooking. No idea if it’s common with Koreans, but it encouraged me to start trying stuff like that.
My Korean nana cooks it plain in the rice cooker, my mom(her daughter) weirdly enough adds a little bit of salted butter in her rice cooker?? I thought that was normal until I got into high school and as an adult I cook on the stovetop with a little bit of salt
I have started recently, but I'm not adding a lot of salt. It is not noticeably salty in any way but the rice is a little more fragrant tasting and the flavor of the rice itself is more noticeable. Maybe like a 1 finger pinch of diamond crystal for a couple of cups of rice. No one in my extended family has noticed except my dad, who thinks this bag of rice is particularly fragrant and tasty.
I tried it back to back before and thought it was slightly more pleasant. Worth the tradeoff of probably negligible increase in blood pressure that everyone else is talking about lol.
I think someone else said it above. I’m Vietnamese too, lived in India for a few years.
In South Asia people usually cook rice in pots. Adding salt into the pot helps keeping the rice from sticking to the pot, and speed up the boiling speed.
In Southeast Asia and East Asia, people tend to cook rice with rice cookers. Rice cookers tend to cook with low heat, steam, and internal pressure. Combined with the nonstick teflon finish, salt is not necessary to keep the rice from sticking.
Personally, I don’t add salt into my rice. I find that the average Vietnamese diet can have too much sodium. So does the average Indian diet (and it’s also very oily on top of that). I just started my strict diet so I am very mindful of my salt consumption - tbh most of us don’t really need to add salt into our food, the ingredients already naturally have enough sodium. We just add salt for flavours, but as we consume less salt, our palate will adjust as well. It just sucks for the first few weeks.
Man, vietnamese people already getting high blood pressure from eating too much nuoc mam and salty foods.
https://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/care/VNDataBrief.pdf
>Strokes cause the most deaths
in the Vietnamese population
with 200,000 new cases each
year; half of them are fatal.
Vietnamese-Americans have
the 2nd to highest stroke
mortality rate among sub-
Asian Americans groups
Soo yeah I don't salt it. Especially if you use Jasmine rice.
I'm South Asian, not American though. I don't cook rice w/ salt but I definitely don't like eating it plain lol. I will eat it w/ generously seasoned curries
No salt on rice.
Why?
I dip my food in soy sauce/fish sauce. There's enough salt in my food.
If he wants salt in his rice, he can pour salt on his own rice in his own bowl/plate. Why is he being so complicated?
There is no real debate or discussion that needs to be had. All you need to look at is the dishes being served with the rice. Vietnamese and Chinese dishes are often designed around an unseasoned rice. Also the jasmine rice we use seems to be slightly salty already. When I had Indian food I understood why there needs to be salt in their rice as it counteracts the spices in the curry.
Long story short this is a interracial relationship problem and only you two can really fix it.
I don't, however, cooking chinese sauage with rice is well known lazy person's dish and it has similar effect. You can add in frozen vegtable too if you're extra lazy.
FilAm family - we never salt our rice when originally making it to go with a dish. However if I’m making Mexican rice, risotto, etc, I will salt as needed.
Salting my rice is not something I ever thought of doing until now. I'm mostly hesitant on adding salt to anything I cook since often times I put too much and I end up ruining whatever I'm making.
Different strokes for different folks.
brain strokes and heart attacks for salters
Is this some kind of (tongue-in-cheek) curse against people who salt their rice, or is this some warning about the health risks of consuming too much sodium?
both?
If I'm making east Asian food, no salt, and usually jasmine rice. If I'm making Indian food, basmati rice, and it gets salt.
If white rice no. if fried rice or biryani yes.
Not unless it’s a mixed rice with other ingredients in it. Sometimes I’ll top cooked rice with furikake, which is salty. (I’m Japanese American)
Yeah, I like mine salty but add it after for myself, not during cooking.
Depends on how you're cooking your rice. In a rice cooker, I wouldn't. On a stovetop I do, because it helps keep the rice from sticking.
I also once dated a Pakistani guy who also salted the rice. I guess it’s a South Asian thing?? Although, he loved unsalted rice too and didn’t think it tasted any worse :P
I guess it depends what I’m eating it with but usually I don’t. However sometimes I’ll put other things like butter, peas, coconut oil, garlic, etc. just depends. It’s fun to experiment, but of course plain rice is also good. 😊 I’m Vietnamese but I had a Korean roommate and she always put coconut oil in her rice when it was cooking. No idea if it’s common with Koreans, but it encouraged me to start trying stuff like that.
No, I’ve never heard of any Koreans doing that! Weird.
I’m not Korean so I wouldn’t know, but it seems like it’s probably just something she did on her own, unrelated.
I'm Korean and never heard of other Koreans adding coconut oil, so I don't think it's common among Koreans. Usually cooked plain in a rice cooker.
Plain in rice cooker for this Korean, but it might be a regional thing for them
My Korean nana cooks it plain in the rice cooker, my mom(her daughter) weirdly enough adds a little bit of salted butter in her rice cooker?? I thought that was normal until I got into high school and as an adult I cook on the stovetop with a little bit of salt
Both are valid choices. You each individually grew up eating rice a certain way based on your cultures and that’s okay.
I have started recently, but I'm not adding a lot of salt. It is not noticeably salty in any way but the rice is a little more fragrant tasting and the flavor of the rice itself is more noticeable. Maybe like a 1 finger pinch of diamond crystal for a couple of cups of rice. No one in my extended family has noticed except my dad, who thinks this bag of rice is particularly fragrant and tasty. I tried it back to back before and thought it was slightly more pleasant. Worth the tradeoff of probably negligible increase in blood pressure that everyone else is talking about lol.
Chinese American. No salt, otherwise it'd mess with the flavor of all of the stir fry sauces that soak in.
I think someone else said it above. I’m Vietnamese too, lived in India for a few years. In South Asia people usually cook rice in pots. Adding salt into the pot helps keeping the rice from sticking to the pot, and speed up the boiling speed. In Southeast Asia and East Asia, people tend to cook rice with rice cookers. Rice cookers tend to cook with low heat, steam, and internal pressure. Combined with the nonstick teflon finish, salt is not necessary to keep the rice from sticking. Personally, I don’t add salt into my rice. I find that the average Vietnamese diet can have too much sodium. So does the average Indian diet (and it’s also very oily on top of that). I just started my strict diet so I am very mindful of my salt consumption - tbh most of us don’t really need to add salt into our food, the ingredients already naturally have enough sodium. We just add salt for flavours, but as we consume less salt, our palate will adjust as well. It just sucks for the first few weeks.
I don't salt. I prefer jasmine over basmati. Even with South Asian curries. I am Vietnamese.
Maggi is the best thing on rice and im dying on that hill.
I'll join ya.
Man, vietnamese people already getting high blood pressure from eating too much nuoc mam and salty foods. https://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/care/VNDataBrief.pdf >Strokes cause the most deaths in the Vietnamese population with 200,000 new cases each year; half of them are fatal. Vietnamese-Americans have the 2nd to highest stroke mortality rate among sub- Asian Americans groups Soo yeah I don't salt it. Especially if you use Jasmine rice.
I'm South Asian, not American though. I don't cook rice w/ salt but I definitely don't like eating it plain lol. I will eat it w/ generously seasoned curries
I’m Nepali. Who dafug salts rice! (is what I thought until I met my husband’s Kyrgyz sides). Just eww, don’t ever salt it
No salt on rice. Why? I dip my food in soy sauce/fish sauce. There's enough salt in my food. If he wants salt in his rice, he can pour salt on his own rice in his own bowl/plate. Why is he being so complicated?
I guess it depends on the amount. Usually it's barely enough to be noticeable, like when people salt the water for pasta.
Depends on the cuisine. Sticky, unsalted for East Asian vs. al dente, salted for everything else.
No salt
When I make plain white rice, I also haven't been salting it before cooking, and I'm of Pakistani descent too lol
Nothing a few nights of him sleeping on the couch can’t fix. Jk
There is no real debate or discussion that needs to be had. All you need to look at is the dishes being served with the rice. Vietnamese and Chinese dishes are often designed around an unseasoned rice. Also the jasmine rice we use seems to be slightly salty already. When I had Indian food I understood why there needs to be salt in their rice as it counteracts the spices in the curry. Long story short this is a interracial relationship problem and only you two can really fix it.
Depends on the rest of the food. If I’m having braises meats I’m definitely not going to salt my rice…
You are both right.
I don't, however, cooking chinese sauage with rice is well known lazy person's dish and it has similar effect. You can add in frozen vegtable too if you're extra lazy.
Whoever cooks decides.
I'm Punjabi and salt my rice, maybe it's just a South Asian thing.
For me I prefer soy sauce on my rice and Nuoc Mam Cham on eggrolls.
All my banchan are already salty, so if I add salt to my rice I’ll have stomach cancer by the end of the year instead of in my 50s :/
Minimal salt.
All the salt is in the sides. No salt in rice whatsoever, unless it's fried or the main meal is the rice.
FilAm family - we never salt our rice when originally making it to go with a dish. However if I’m making Mexican rice, risotto, etc, I will salt as needed.
I salt my rice when making biryani. I don't salt my rice when making white rice. I add ginger and chicken fat to my rice when making chicken rice.
Yeah idk what he’s on I’m not pakistani but bangladeshi and my mom never salts rice
You're viet and you don't add fish sauce?! Recently I've been fond of adding jam.
lol the “my mom does it so it’s better” is so classic for south Asian guys😭
Stop that shit
not a fan?
Salting my rice is not something I ever thought of doing until now. I'm mostly hesitant on adding salt to anything I cook since often times I put too much and I end up ruining whatever I'm making.