converted rice

American  

noun

1. white rice prepared from brown rice that has been pressure-steamed to enable the nutrients within the bran to be absorbed by the starchy endosperm before the rice is dried and milled.

2. parboiled rice.

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Example Sentences

“It is not a cookbook for ingredient purists — recipes call for packaged items like Pepperidge Farm Very Thin white bread and Uncle Ben’s Original Converted Rice,” Margaux Laskey wrote in a Times review.

From Washington Post

Each one takes surprisingly long to cook if you’re use to par-boiled or converted rice.

From Forbes

Husk developed a proprietary technology that cost-effectively converted rice husks into electricity.

From Washington Post

The town of Dien Bien Phu, with a population of about 4,000, is bustling as workers put finishing touches on exhibits in the new war museum, a converted rice warehouse filled with battle memorabilia, including bullet-riddled French helmets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Anxious to get more "converted rice," the Army got behind Mars's and Harwell's plan for a new plant.

From Time Magazine Archive