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2. Rinse the rice
	First, add water to the measured rice and drain quickly. Next, add water one more time and wash the rice gently so as not to break the grains, then drain. Repeat the second procedure a few more times (about three times in all). If using an automatic rice washer, set the operating time at less than three minutes.

	Immediately after rice has had contact with water, the water starts permeating the rice, which also transports the bran content into the kernels, so the first washing and draining should be completed swiftly. Modern, advanced milling techniques allow only a small amount of bran residue to remain on the refined grains. Therefore, care must be taken not to scrub the rice, which causes cracking, but to lightly "rinse" the grains.