Steaming aims at softening the rice grains and breaking down the starch molecules, thus encouraging the growth of Aspergillus oryzae and eliminating allother microorganisms, leaving an initially sterile environment prone to sake mold propagation.
Steaming aims at softening the rice grains and breaking down the starch molecules, thus encouraging the growth of Aspergillus oryzae and eliminating allother microorganisms, leaving an initially sterile environment prone to sake mold propagation.