米粉

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 米粉 is read as こめこ and is a compound noun for flour made by finely milling rice.
• Basic usage: Use 米粉を使って作る for it as an ingredient and 小麦粉と米粉では to set up a comparison with wheat flour.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Rice flour, not cooked rice
  • It is the milled powder used in dough and cooking, not rice grains or prepared rice.
• Scope of the flour comparison
  • The comparison concerns how the dough feels and does not by itself generalize to every possible cooking result.