Does rinsing rice get rid of some of the calories?
Alina V., Adelphi MD First of all you need only to rinse rice which has been coated with starch or imported rice like basmati rice from India. “Enriched” rice should never be rinsed because you are rinsing off the vitamins and minerals. Your question though is whether or not you are ridding the rice of some calories because it gives off starch when you rinse it. I have no idea, but if you are, you are diminishing the calories in a negligible amount. A cup of cooked rice is 150 calories.
