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      Can I ask how you do that? With popcorn, you can just stick it in a brown paper bag and cook for 2 minutes. Is it that simple?

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        with rice at least sadly no. though you can puff it using hot salt or sand, as is popular in India
        most grains lack the hard watertight shell popcorn has that allows pressure to build up in the kernel
        things lacking the hard shell usually have to be puffed via a puffing gun

        look up puffing guns and popcorn cannons for a fun internet info hole 👍

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          The hot salt and sand is already sending me down the info hole. Thanks.

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        Doing it with rice is not super hard. It needs to be cooked the regular way first, so if you have leftovers you can try with that. Just dry it out, maybe in an oven on low for a little bit, then give it a dunk in hot oil, around °325-°350. It puffs right up, only takes a couple seconds.

        You can puff rice noodles the same way, but you don’t have to cook it first since it’s already been processed. I like to serve Mongolian beef or some other kind of stir fry over it.

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            Huh interesting. They just seem to do them in a pan though which burns several, compared to the puffing gun