Japanese Rice

Ingredients:
1 cup short-grain white rice
2.75 cups cold water
Black sesame seeds, toasted

Method:
Cooked Japanese rice is glutinous and easy to pick up with chopsticks. The key to shiny white and fluffy rice is to wash it in several changes of cold water till the water runs clear. Once the rice is washed, cover it with the correct amount of water mentioned above, and allow it to soak for 30-40 minutes. Transfer the rice with soaking water to an electric rice cooker and cook in the usual way. It takes approximately 18 minutes to cook rice using a microwave.

Scoop rice into mounds, sprinkle with toasted black sesame seeds and serve piping hot. Serves 2.