Food: Cooking & Recipes

How to cook parboiled rice in a rice cooker?

Adam

23 Aug 2025 • 2 min read

You said:
normally, I cook basmati rice in this Aroma rice cooker at a 1 cup rice to 2 cup water ratio. generally leaning towards slightly less water. What is the correct ratio of water to parboiled rice and do i have to rise the rice first?

ChatGPT5 Thought for 19s:

Short version:

Ratio (rice cooker): Start with 1 cup parboiled rice : 1¾ cups water (≈ 1:1.75).
- Firmer/separate: 1:1.5
- Softer/tender: 1:2
Rinse? Optional. If your parboiled rice is enriched (common in the U.S.), don’t rinse unless you don’t mind washing off added vitamins. If it’s not enriched, a quick 1–2 rinse(s) for surface starch is fine.
Soak? Not needed.

Step-by-step (Aroma cooker)

(Optional) Quick rinse as above and drain well.
Add rice + water at 1:1.75. (If you use the Aroma “rice cup” = 180 ml, fill water to the matching White Rice line; add 2–3 Tbsp extra water per cup if your cooker runs hot/dry.)
Add ½ tsp salt and 1 tsp oil or butter per cup (optional, helps separation).
Cook on White Rice. When it switches to warm, rest 10 minutes, then fluff.

Notes vs. your basmati routine

Parboiled runs a bit firmer than regular white; it usually needs slightly less water than your 1:2 basmati habit for the same bite.
If your first batch is too firm, bump water up by 2–3 Tbsp per cup next time; if too soft, reduce by the same.

You said:
make an Arabic version of this info-graphic