buckconner
01-07-2008, 07:53 PM
COOKING BULK GRAINS & BEANS
Bring liquid to boil, add grains or beans, cover reduce heat and let simmer.
Grains (liquid: cooking time)
Short or broken grain Wild rice, Brown rice , India rice: 1 cup: 2c: 50 mins.
Medium or long grain Wild rice, Brown rice, White rice blend, Basmati rice (brown), Barley-pearl: 1 cup: 2.5c: 45-55 mins.
White rice (instant), Basmati rice (white), Amaranth, Buckwheat, Oats (rolled & steel-cut), Wheat-course: 1 cup: 2c: 15-20 mins.
Millet: 1 cup: 2.5c: 30-45 mins.
Cornmeal, most meals-blended-etc.: 1 cup: 3c: 10-12 mins.
Couscous, Quinosa: 1 cup: 2c: 15 mins: let stand 15 mins.
Wheat berries: 1 cup: 3c: 2 hrs: presoak 8 hours.
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Beans (presoak beans: short soak, boil & soak 1 hr. or long soak for 8-12 hrs., then cook)
Adzuki, Fava, Lentil, Split peas, Smith: 1/2 cup: 2c: 40 mins.
Black, Cannelli, Soy: 1/2 cup: 2c: 30 mins.
Kidney, Lima , White beans: 1/2 cup: 2c: 60 mins.
Black eyed peas: 1/2 cup: 2c: 75 mins.
Bring liquid to boil, add grains or beans, cover reduce heat and let simmer.
Grains (liquid: cooking time)
Short or broken grain Wild rice, Brown rice , India rice: 1 cup: 2c: 50 mins.
Medium or long grain Wild rice, Brown rice, White rice blend, Basmati rice (brown), Barley-pearl: 1 cup: 2.5c: 45-55 mins.
White rice (instant), Basmati rice (white), Amaranth, Buckwheat, Oats (rolled & steel-cut), Wheat-course: 1 cup: 2c: 15-20 mins.
Millet: 1 cup: 2.5c: 30-45 mins.
Cornmeal, most meals-blended-etc.: 1 cup: 3c: 10-12 mins.
Couscous, Quinosa: 1 cup: 2c: 15 mins: let stand 15 mins.
Wheat berries: 1 cup: 3c: 2 hrs: presoak 8 hours.
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Beans (presoak beans: short soak, boil & soak 1 hr. or long soak for 8-12 hrs., then cook)
Adzuki, Fava, Lentil, Split peas, Smith: 1/2 cup: 2c: 40 mins.
Black, Cannelli, Soy: 1/2 cup: 2c: 30 mins.
Kidney, Lima , White beans: 1/2 cup: 2c: 60 mins.
Black eyed peas: 1/2 cup: 2c: 75 mins.