Sweet Brown Rice

I’ve got some sweet brown rice I need to use up. I’ve used it in sushi, and I’ve been thinking of making homemade mochi, and I’m tempted to try amazake.

I found the homemade Amazake recipe in Michio Kushi’s book

Here’s a detailed recipe, though a bit more intimidating.
Bunnyfoot has detailed her process here.

There are kits available to make homemade koji, but I don’t think I want to go that far. Not yet anyway. Hopefully I’ll be able to find some koji at the local Japanese food market.

Whole Foods has a whole section on cooking grains, but I’m looking for something beyond the old steam or boil — we already do that a lot here.

I might try this recipe for Adzuki Chestnut Rice — though I’ll probably have to use some other nut as I don’t see dried chestnuts around here. There’s also a rice pudding recipe that looks interesting. Anyone have other recipes I could try?

Did you notice that a lot of these links are to macrobiotic diet websites and foods? I’ve been looking into macrobiotic diets off and on for the past 10 years, but I haven’t found information yet that would convince me to switch to it completely, though I’ve tried lots of recipes through the years “just because”. One of my favorite online sources for information on foods and diets is Dr. Weil — you might want to check out his site.