Milky rice, or rice pudding, is a very common dessert in France.
It is easy to make it at home, with just a few ingredients: rice, milk, sugar, and most of the time vanilla. But, you can also find it ready-made in every supermarkets.
The interesting part is that milky rice is the only dish in France that uses sweet rice. In fact, there is rice sold especially for this dessert. It is really unique because rice is used for savoury dishes in France, and types of rice are very limited on the shelves.
On the contrary, in Japan, there are many delicious sweet rice-based treats like mochi. Although cooking rice with milk and sugar doesn't seem to be common for Japanese cuisine.
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ReplyDeleteWhat do you think makes milky rice such a popular dessert in France, especially considering that rice is primarily used for savory dishes there? And how do you feel about the variety of rice-based desserts in Japan, like mochi? Does it seem like there's a cultural difference in how rice is used in desserts between the two countries?
Milky rice has been a French dessert for centuries, likely inspired by the tradition of cooking all kind of grains in milk, especially in rural area - because it was a cheap and rich meal!
DeleteIn Japan, like much of Asia, rice is a fundamental food, leading to a rich variety of rice-based desserts. So I simply feel it is natural that Japan has more sweet rice dishes...
You explian it well Thank you.
DeleteI first tried rice pudding in Indian restaurant so I believed it is an Indian dessert. So I was surprised to hear that ready-made ones are sold in supermarlets in France. I just could not accept rice as a dessert at my first try when I was an undergrad student. Now I like it a lot.
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