How to cook Brown Rice in rice cooker and Brown Rice Salad

How to cook Brown rice in rice cooker/electric cooker - pressure cooker and Brown Rice salad

According to Wikipedia-Brown rice (or "hulled 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,and becomes rancid much more quickly. Any rice, including long-grain, short-grain, or sticky rice, may be eaten as brown rice.

Brown rice

The process that produces brown rice removes only the outermost layer, the hull, of the rice kernel and is the least damaging to its nutritional value. The complete milling and polishing that converts brown rice into white rice destroys 67% of the vitamin B3, 80% of the vitamin B1, 90% of the vitamin B6, half of the manganese,half of the phosphorus, 60% of the iron, and all of the dietary fiber and essential fatty acids. Brown rice retains all of the iron, vitamins, essential fatty acids and fiber that is removed from white rice in the milling process.
More details at WHfoods

White rice may looks appealing but it is devoid of most of the goodness of rice, which the brown rice contains.Brown rice has a lovely nutty flavor and chewy texture and is rich in fiber So let us try to include brown rice in our diet for its health benefits.I have been asked by many on how to cook brown rice as many say that they pressure cook rice and when they open the lid, the rice is not properly cooked and is watery. So today I am going to share with you how to cook brown rice in a rice cooker and a simple Brown Rice Salad recipe. Brown rice is cooked in the same manner as white rice,the only difference is Brown rice takes a little longer to cook. This post is exclusively for beginners.

How to cook brown rice in a rice cooker?

1.Wash and soak brown rice for 45 minutes - 1 hour in hot (boiling) water .

For 1 cup of rice, I added 3 cups of water as I prefer my rice to be soft .
For 1 cup of rice, you can add 2 1/2 - 3 cups of water

2. Pour the soaked rice along with water into the inner vessel that comes with your rice cooker.

3.Close it with the lid. Plug the cooker in, and press the switch (see arrow mark) to turn it on cooking mode.You will see the red light on.

4. When the rice is cooked, it will automatically go to keep warm mode, if not switch off.

5. Fluff the rice with a fork and serve or use it in different recipes.

Brown rice cooked in rice cooker

How to cook Brown Rice in Pressure cooker

Brown Rice cooked in pressure cooker

Same way as you cook white rice with the measurements above. Refer how to cook rice in a pressure cooker.

How to cook brown rice in a pan?

1.Take a pot or pan with a tight fitting lid.

2.Add the soaked rice with water to the pan.

3.Bring the water to boil, close the lid, simmer and cook until all the water has been absorbed.

4.Switch off the flame and let it sit for 10 minutes. Fluff it with a fork and serve.

Brown Rice Salad

Ingredients needed

Cooked rice - 2 cups

Onion - 1 finely chopped

Capsicum ( green or any color) - 1/2 finely chopped

Cabbage - handful finely chopped

Carrots - 1 finely chopped

Tomato - 1/2 remove the seeds & finely chopped
Garlic - 1 clove finely chopped

Ginger - 1/2 tsp finely chopped
Sesame seed oil/Olive oil - 2 tsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add finely chopped garlic and onions, saute till onion turns pink.

Then add all the vegetables and saute on high flame continuously for 2-3 minutes.We want the vegetables to be crisp and not soft.

Add needed salt, pepper powder and few drops of lemon juice to taste.

Then add the cooked rice to it and mix well.

You can add red and yellow bell pepper, mushrooms, spring onion, cauliflower, broccoli and corn. It is your choice.

Delicious brown rice salad is ready.

Switch over to Brown rice and pave your way to better health.

Initially you might find it difficult, but once you get used to it, I am sure you will not like white rice.

Note

In India brown rice is not commonly available in all shops.You get Brown rice in all big supermarkets like Spencers, Nilgiris, Reliance etc

Meet you all again with another interesting post, till then it is bye from Padhu of Padhuskitchen.