The invention provides a method for making water-absorbed rice in which the water-absorbed rice with water fully absorbed without complete alpha -conversion attains water absorption quickly and uniformly. The problem has been solved by charging dipped rice in an aqueous solution, conducting jumping heating in which rice grains are jumped one by one in a hot aqueous solution and circulated therein, charging the rice into a container or a closed container along with an aqueous solution for water absorption, putting a lid on the container or sealing the closed container and cooling the same. It has been possible to provide, when the water-absorbed rice obtained by the invention is heated later with a microwave oven or the like, uniform cooked rice having a flavor of fresh-boiled rice without a hard portion.
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