Puffed rice cake is a type of food made with puffed rice

Puffed rice

Puffed rice is a type of puffed grain made from rice; usually made by heating rice kernels under high pressure in the presence of steam, though the method of manufacture varies widely.-Origin:Pori has been mentioned in various Tamil...

. Typically, it is eaten as a healthy snack

Snack

A snack is a small portion of food eaten between meals. The food might be snack food—items like potato chips or baby carrots—but could also simply be a smaller amount of any food item.-Snacks and health:...

, although some also use it as a variant of Wor bar. In the commonly available commercial format, one rice cake provides around 30 to 40 calories (8 grams carbohydrate

Carbohydrate

A carbohydrate is an organic compound with the empirical formula ; that is, consists only of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, with a hydrogen:oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 . However, there are exceptions to this. One common example would be deoxyribose, a component of DNA, which has the empirical...

); brown rice

Brown rice

Brown rice is unmilled or partly milled rice, a kind of whole, natural grain. It has a mild nutty flavor, is chewier and more nutritious than white rice, but goes rancid more quickly because the germ—which is removed to make white rice—contains fats that can spoil...

 cakes are 70 calories, 16 grams carbohydrate.

Some rice cakes are flavored. Common flavorings include cheddar cheese, butter, and chocolate, or apple cinnamon coatings.

Rice cakes are often made into sandwiches, especially when used by dieters as a substitute for higher-caloric bread.

The typical American rice cake is round and about 4-5 inches in diameter. Some manufacturers make mini rice cakes, suitable for snacking. Rice cakes are a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese invention.

Wor Bar

Traditionally, Wor Bar (Guo Ba in Mandarin, translates to "pot's burnt") refers to the slightly browned rice that is stuck to the bottom of clay

Clay

Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...

 pots

POTS

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, which, after caramelization

Caramelization

Caramelization is the browning of sugar, a process used extensively in cooking for the resulting nutty flavor and brown color. As the process occurs, volatile chemicals are released, producing the characteristic caramel flavor....

, results in the rice being formed into a single piece and giving it a slightly burned flavor. It may be brewed into tea

Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...

, or served as part of a main meal by pouring savory meat sauces over the heated puffed rice cake.