Advantage of Brown Rice?
Remember when you heard that you should eat brown rice because it was good for you? But even your mom preferred Minute Rice or some other quick cooking rice over the crunchier brown rice. And the white rice seemed to look better on your plate. Now you’re cooking for your own family, your parents, or for yourself, and you are wondering … what’s the best tack to take? The data shows us that most people eat white rice. And rice is the most popular grain in the world. Does this mean we should follow the leader? Do what most others do? Or is there another story to consider? The fact is that brown rice is terrific tasting, filling and more nutritious than any white version you have been taught to eat. You just need to cook it long enough with tasty aromatics.
In a recent workshop I compared white Arborio, also called risotto rice, to brown basmati rice prepared risotto style. I discovered that the workshop attendees didn’t have a favorite. They enjoyed both types equally. The Arborio was a bit creamier because of the nature of the rice itself — very absorbent- and because it had more starch but the brown rice was excellent as well in its own way. Further the brown rice is dramatically better for you.