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10.7: Cooking Grains

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    1 Cup of Grain Water Cook Time Cooked Amount
    Amaranth 2 cups 25–25 minutes 3½ cups
    Barley, hulled 3 cups 45–60 minutes 3½ cups
    Buckwheat 2 cups 20 minutes 4 cups
    Bulgur 2 cups 10–12 minutes 3 cups
    Cornmeal 4 cups 25–30 minutes 2½ cups
    Couscous 2 cups 10 minutes (heat off) 3 cups
    Millet, hulled 2½ cups 20 minutes 4 cups
    Oats, steel cut 4 cups 20 minutes 4 cups
    Pasta 6 cups 8–12 minutes varies
    Quinoa 2 cups 12–15 minutes 3+ cups
    Brown Rice 2½ cups 45 minutes 3–4 cups
    Rye berries 4 cups Soak 45–60 minutes 3 cups
    Sorghum 4 cups 25–40 minutes 3 cups
    Spelt berries 4 cups Soak 45–60 minutes 3 cups
    Teff 3 cups 15–20 minutes 3 cups
    Wheat berries 4 cups Soak 45–60 minutes 3 cups
    Wild Rice 3 cups 45–55 minutes 3½ cups

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