Comments on: How to Cook Basmati Brown Rice

By: Mort

Mort — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:27:18 +0000

I had messed up by “winging it” on my first attempt so your instructions are just what I needed. The dish towel wrap is an appreciated tip. Your clear directions will remove all future fear of sticky rice in the future so thank you.

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By: Can Scott Bishop Cook?

Can Scott Bishop Cook? — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:14:58 +0000

I love the idea of using the dish towel to absorb the condensation. Great idea! Thanks!

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By: ainwa

ainwa — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:30:58 +0000

I use a pressure cooker and it cooks in half the time. It’s really handy for brown rice and raw unsoaked beans — saves a lot of time.

Try freezing the rice on a cookie sheet so you can scoop it out of a container. This is IQF or individually quick frozen. Really handy because you can make a lot of brown rice at a time that way.

I have often microwaved it, but make sure you put in enough water or you may burn your microwave pot if it runs dry. Microwaving doesn’t save time, but the rice will never burn on the bottom (unless you don’t measure correctly…says voice of experience)

By: Edgar

Edgar — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:00:07 +0000

People always complain about the time it take to cook brown rice. I actually find it to be a time saver. I cook it for the week, unlike white rice, it reheats well and I can do different things with it. Often I make a batch of brow basmati nasi goreng and freeze it for easy healthy dinners.

One thing I think is odd, next to no restaurants serve it as an option in Vancouver. In the US it seems to be much more available even at fast food joints.

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By: KimHo

KimHo — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:20:54 +0000

I like brown rice too; however, I have found most people don’t purchase it because (1) it is way more expensive than regular rice – supply and demand I guess and (2) it takes longer than white rice to cook. Here is my recipe for brown rice:

1 cup of brown rice (basmati or short grain)
2 cups of water/broth
bayleaf
oil

Pre-heat the oven at 200C/375F. In a pan, heat some oil at low. Then, add the rice (unwashed!) to brown it. Make sure it does NOT burn! In the meantime, in a kettle or a saucepan, warm the liquid and some salt (if using water, not that much if using broth) and the bayleaf. Crack some pepper if you feel like it. When the rice is lightly brown, transfer it to a glass baking sheet. Pour the liquid. Watch out for this step as it might splatter and the liquid could burn you!. Stir to evenly distribute the mix. Tightly cover it with foil and transfer it to the oven for 50 minutes. When time is up, remove the foil (watch out for the steam!), remove the bayleaves, fluff and serve immediately.