parboiled rice... is it good for everything?

As far as cooking Indian food is parboiled rice ok for any dish that calls for rice? For instance, can I use it to make biryiani? Or rice pudding?

I have a 20 lb box of it now and I have to think seriously about what to use it for.

Also, I got the long grain white parboiled because that's all there was at the store. Did I make a mistake?

biryani with parboiled rice absolutely no, no, you just caused Wajid Ali Shah to roll in his grave

thanks bongdongs... I will not use it for biryani!!!!

I better cook up a batch tonight to see exactly what it is. It should be ok with fish pickles though, right?

Mystery! Doesn't parboiled mean already partly cooked? That's what a parboiled potato is in UK.

So is this rice part-cooked, or what? It doesn't look like it.

par boiled rice- makes for good idlis or dosas.

So how did it turn out?

Frankly, I'm not really a fan of parboiled rice, on my over 15+ visits to Kerala (Sabarimalai), we used to ask for 'Andhra' meals, the only difference being regular rice.

Not really sure about the Biryani, I recollect eating some at Ernakulam Jn or was it Cochin, restaurant which did look like boiled rice biryani, with a touch of coconut oil. And me, I come from a town where Biryani is discussed with about the same enthusiasm/gusto/tone as some of the threads on here.

Parboiled rice is steamed before it is husked, causing the grains to absorb some nutrients from the husk.

Thanks, Google

The par- boiled rice is good for idlis, and to consumer with gravies and curries.

It can't be used for Biriyani.

The par-boiled rice, is good with the Malabar fish curry.

If you are not used to eating Par-boiled rice, it can give you a bad stomach.

There is single parboiled and double parboiled .

Single parboiled is much better .Availability is restricted .

We do our own parboiling for our use here .