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    Home » Recipes » Kitchen Tips

    Toasted Rice Powder

    Published: Sep 27, 2013 · Modified: May 27, 2025 by Pailin Chongchitnant · This post may contain affiliate links

    Toasted rice powder or kao kua is an important ingredient in northeastern Thai cuisine, also known as Isaan cuisine. It's used in popular dishes such as laab, nam tok grilled steak salad, and our classic dipping sauce for grilled meats or nam jim jeaw.

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    1. B.F. says

      July 03, 2022 at 9:33 pm

      the video link seems to be broken

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      • Adam from HTK says

        July 07, 2022 at 11:26 am

        Hi! ... and hmmm is working for me. Do you have an ad-blocker running by any chance? That will usually do it. Otherwise try in another browser? Cheers! Adam

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        • B says

          July 07, 2022 at 4:07 pm

          thank you for responding, Adam... yes, i do have ad blockers, yet somehow ads appear on this page... that would be weird that your own videos would be considered an ad! I don't have issues opening YT videos on other websites. anyway, i found it by going directly to YT and searching for the title. Maybe it would be helpful to add the direct link to the video underneath where the video appears on the page for people who can't see it for whatever reason.

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          • Adam from HTK says

            July 07, 2022 at 7:13 pm

            Hi there! .. and yes that all makes sense actually because this video isn’t served though YouTube but a different video server with a different income stream, so it’s a whole other thing 😊 (you’ll notice there is no “View on YouTube” at the bottom)

            Cheers for now, and have fun with the recipe! Adam

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    2. Mark says

      May 09, 2021 at 7:12 am

      My Thai father's hack for toasted rice powder as I was growing up in the US was to dry-fry Cream of Rice in a small frying pan till it reaches that nutty brown color and releases its delightful odor. It will keep in an airtight jar for a week or so.

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      • Adam The HTK Intern says

        May 10, 2021 at 9:59 am

        That is so cool! ... and brilliant! 🙂

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