The Serumpun Codex · Ferments, grains and starches
Black glutinous rice
A dark, sticky rice among Sarawak's rice varieties.
The entry
- Name
- Black glutinous rice
- Other names
- Pulut hitam
- Scientific name
- Oryza sativa L.
- What it is
- A dark, sticky rice among Sarawak's rice varieties.
- How it is used
- Black and white glutinous rice were recorded among Sarawak's rice varieties at Lundu in 1882.
- In the French Borneo kitchen
- Kuih tai tai, pounded and pressed overnight, in Course VI, Harmony, at Osaka.
- Conservation status
- Not applicable: a cultivated crop
- Codex Alimentarius
- No Codex standard
- Medicinal knowledge
- Held privately by the community
- Consent
- Given, recorded by CHASS, 30 October 2026
Still to be confirmed: whose knowledge it is, who shared it with Serumpun and season and place.
Sources
Added to the Codex on 1 November 2026. Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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How to cite this entry
Serumpun Sarawak (2026) ‘Black glutinous rice’, The Serumpun Codex, ed. James Won. Available at: https://www.chefjameswon.com/serumpun/codex/black-glutinous-rice/ (sources checked 30 October 2026).
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