Edible, it is also used in cooking. A coarse rice paper can be made from rice flour - in turn made from ground rice. This paper is used to wrap spring rolls and other Asian foods. Rice straw can also be used to make a coarse paper for writing, sketching, etc. Read about its background and follow the steps to make your own.
Rice glue is made by boiling ground rice.
Rice marble is a decorative effect of placing rice on book covers during their making. Rice calligraphy . Alpana is the calligraphic depiction of auspicious events in eastern India. They are finger paintings using rice powder mixed with water, painted on walls and floors in every rural household in Orissa and Bengal to accompany harvest and Hindu religious festivals. The basic patterns have been handed down from mother to daughter for as long as rice has been grown in Eastern India.