By using a rice napkin with an Asian rice cooker, you can eliminate the mess that is created when rice is scooped from the cooker into a serving bowl or onto a plate. Professional Asian chefs know that rice can get all over work tables or equipment stands and into every corner of the kitchen. Rice napkins are an important secret of the trade.

While they are most commonly found in an Asian restaurant or Asian home kitchen, rice napkins can be used for cooking any kind of rice for any kind of cuisine. In addition to using it for basmati, jasmine and sushi rice, it can be used for brown rice, Texas rice or even Spanish rice, whether long- or short-grained.