Because of its pre-steamed nature, parboiled rice cooks faster than brown rice but offers more structure than white rice; it's an ingredient that works well as a side dish or the main attraction.

Kumudini Hettiarachchi reports As polished or unpolished, white or red, vied for a place on the plate of Sri Lankans well known as rice-eaters and the rice-diabetes link came under the microscope ...

Parboiled or converted rice has been partially cooked in its husk before being dried and packaged. With a more golden hue than regular white rice, parboiled rice is considered to be higher in ...