Can jasmine rice and basmati rice be cooked together?

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I only have one cup of jasmine rice left, but plenty of basmati. Can I just mix them together in the rice cooker?

Not sure in the rice cooker but I just mixed 1 cup of Jasmine with 1 cup of wild rice in a pot and it tasted great. :) — Kyra, May 20 '11 at 01:49
Well I ended up doing it (1 cup of each), and it was fantastic! :-) — richard, May 20 '11 at 06:35

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '11 at 04:48

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It shouldn't be a problem, since their cooking times are similar.

answered May 20 '11 at 04:48

carlosfigueira

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 03:24

Since their cooking times are similar, I'm sure it would be no problem to mix them.

In my experience - maybe it depends on the rice cooker? - it's possible to cook two very different types of rice at once in a rice cooker.

For example, I've had no problems mixing brown and white rice in my rice cooker. I wash them separately, put brown rice on one side of the pot, white on the other, and then add water slowly so they don't get mixed around much. I put in as much water as I would if it were all brown rice and then cook as normally. The white rice comes out a little bit on the sticky side, but not to the point that it seems like gruel, and the brown rice is just right.

Can jasmine rice and basmati rice be cooked together?

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