The rice we buy is no wash, so we don't wash it. I tend to like my rice a little stickier, so it works for me. But if I'm gonna make something where the rice shouldn't be as sticky, I'd probably wash it and not use this method.
Washing the rice makes this method not work, because wet rice will not get brown and get nutty, it will instead start to cook.
The real answer is that it depends on the rice.
The rice we buy is no wash, so we don't wash it. I tend to like my rice a little stickier, so it works for me. But if I'm gonna make something where the rice shouldn't be as sticky, I'd probably wash it and not use this method.
Washing the rice makes this method not work, because wet rice will not get brown and get nutty, it will instead start to cook.