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Parboiled rice
Parboiled rice

Parboiled rice is rice that has been boiled in the husk. Parboiling makes rice easier to process by hand, improves its nutritional profile, and changes its texture. The practice of parboiling rice is more than two thousand years old, and may have started in the Persian Gulf. Today, it is the preferred rice of many in the southern parts of the Indian Subcontinent. Image File history File links Merge-arrow. ... RICE is a treatment method for soft tissue injury which is an abbreviation for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 480 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 1280 pixels, file size: 765 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 480 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 1280 pixels, file size: 765 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... RICE is a treatment method for soft tissue injury which is an abbreviation for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. ... The term husk is mostly used to refer to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant. ...


Polishing rice by hand, that is, removing the bran layer, is easier if the rice has been parboiled. It is, however, somewhat more difficult to process mechanically. The bran of parboiled rice is somewhat oily, and tends to clog machinery. Most parboiled rice is milled as it is done per the white rice. // wheat bran Bran is the hard outer layer of and consists of combined aleurone and pericarp. ... White rice is the common term for milled rice which has had its husk, bran, and germ removed. ...


Parboiling rice drives nutrients, especially thiamine, from the bran into the grain, so that parboiled white rice is nutritionally similar to brown rice.[citation needed] Because of this, parboiling was adopted by North American rice growers in the early 20th century. Nutrients and the body A nutrient is any element or compound necessary for or contributing to an organisms metabolism, growth, or other functioning. ... For the similarly spelled nucleic acid, see Thymine Thiamine or thiamin, also known as vitamin B1, is one of the B vitamins. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...


The starches in parboiled rice become gelatinized, making it harder and glassier than other rice. Parboiled rice takes less time to cook, and the cooked rice is firmer and less sticky. In North America, parboiled rice is generally partially or fully precooked by the processor. Starch (CAS# 9005-25-8, chemical formula (C6H10O5)n,[1]) is a mixture of amylose and amylopectin (usually in 20:80 or 30:70 ratios). ...


References

  • Alford, Jeffrey; Naomi Duguid (1998). Seductions of Rice. New York: Artisan. ISBN 1-57965-113-5. 

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