Delicious Homemade rice milk with few ingredients , great with smoothies, cereals or drink from glass.
When I was sitting in my son ‘s pediatric allergist office, I saw a book about Eczema recipes. In that one rice is mentioned as major grain. Even though we eat rice 3 times a day, I have never had rice milk. Finally, I decide to make rice milk and tasted it. I also used the rice milk to make mango smoothie. Here is the post about how to make rice milk.
Why rice milk?
Nowadays due to lots of people having allergy to cow milk, lactose intolerance, calorie concern and prevalence of hypercholesterolemia or a preference to vegan diets lots of consumers are choosing alternatives to cow milk. Plant-based milk alternatives are a rising trend. Though numerous types of innovative food beverages from plant sources are being exploited for cow milk alternative, many of these faces some/any type of technological issues, which could be either related to processing or preservation. Majority of these milk alternatives lack nutritional balance when compared to bovine milk, however they contain functionally active components with health promoting properties which attracts health conscious consumers.
Among the 5 categories of plant-based milk, rice milk comes in Cereal based milk.
cereal based: Oat milk, Rice milk, Corn milk, Spelt milk.
Legume based: Soymilk, Peanut milk, Lupin milk, Cowpea milk.
Nut based: Almond milk, Coconut milk, Hazelnut milk, Pistachio milk, Walnut milk.
Seed based: Sesame milk, Flax milk, Hemp milk, Sunflower milk.
Pseudo-cereal based: Quinoa milk, Teff milk, Amaranth milk.
I have already tried coconut milk, pistachio milk and soymilk and sesame milk. You can find the recipes in the link. Coconut and soymilk, I am yet to blog about.
Rice milk has active component of Phytosterols, especially β-sitosterol and γ-oryzanol and may lower cholesterol, hypertension, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative effects. Rice milk has pros alike and is the least allergenic of milk alternatives. However, it has cons such as being rich in sugar and unbalanced diet and lack of calcium.
How rice milk is usually made?
Rice milk is usually made with brown or white by processing rice with water and pressing them through the sieve. Rice milk is quite a bit thinner than most other alternatives and closest in consistency to fat-free cow’s milk. You can add sweeteners and flavors like vanilla extract to make it tastier.
Don’t use basmati rice as it is less starchy than the counter parts.
Use extra-long grain white or brown rice to make rice milk.
You can make with both cooked and uncooked rice. I found that uncooked white rice yields better tasting rice milk which looks like milk. Cooked rice will give more starchier component.
I made unsweetened rice milk, if you want you can make sweetened rice milk with honey, maple syrup or any other sweetener.
You can use rice milk in cereal, smoothies, straight from a glass or in rice puddings.
I found this recipe of making rice milk with out heating or boiling water. Only use warm water to soak the rice and then extract the milk from it.
Fresh rice milk should be stored in the fridge. If it turns sour or changed color means it is spoilt.
Cost of making fresh rice milk is way less than the rice milk you can get from supermarket. Only con is you must use it immediately while later can be stored for future use.
I have tried making mango smoothie, berry smoothie, chocolate smoothie with fresh rice milk. If you make rice milk let me know how it turned out for you.
Tips
You can use brown rice or white rice to make rice milk
Uncooked white rice yields better tasting rice milk which looks like milk.
Homemade rice milk should be better if used fresh. You can make the milk in the night before and store it refrigerator and use it for breakfast cereal or smoothie
How to make Rice milk
Equipment
- High speed blender, cheese cloth/ strainer
Materials
- ½ cup long grain white rice
- 3 ¼ cup water
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract optional
- ⅛ teaspoon salt optional
Instructions
- First wash and soak the rice in 1 ¼ cup warm water (should not be boilinfor 2-3 hours. Then drain and process it in a blender with 2 ¾ cup water, vanilla extract until everything process well. Then strain it in a fine mesh strainer or a double layer cheese cloth. store in refrigerator until use.
- If you want you can blend it with 1 mango for mango rice milk smoothie, ½ cup berries for berry milk, and 2 tablespoon cocoa powder to chocolate rice milk.
- Enjoy.
Notes
Uncooked white rice yields better tasting rice milk which looks like milk.
Homemade rice milk should be better if used fresh. You can make the milk in the night before and store it refrigerator and use it for breakfast cereal or smoothie
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Amy-Lynn Denham says
Very interesting. Never thought of making my OWN rice milk. We are almost milk and coconut milk people but looking to branch out.
Sarbeshwar says
I usually drink almond milk since I am allergic to dairy . This sounds like an interesting alternative.
Ricci says
I've had a lot of different milks but never rice milk. This sounds interesting and I think I want to try it!
Rachel says
Rice milk seems like it would be so much easier and cheaper than say almond milk.
Scott Gombar says
I have always enjoyed rice milk. Thanks for sharing this recipe
Kaitlyn Fortier says
What a great idea. I have an intolerance to lactose as well...
Heather says
I've only made this once before so I'm excited to try out your recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Tasheena says
I've never thought to make rice milk at home. I've tried making almond and oats milk. Looking forward to giving this a try.
Brittany Vantrease says
I've never had rice milk before, but it looks delicious! It seems to be super easy to make, too! I'll have to add this to my list because I've become lactose intolerant since I've gotten older.
Jessica Joachim says
Making rice milk seems to be a lot easier than I would have expected! I think I may have to try making my own rice milk this weekend since I have everything I need already in my pantry!
Terri Steffes says
I read about this process before, but I feel like your method is simpler and keeps more of the nutrients. Thank you for sharing this!
Catalina says
I've tried to make rice milk at home with your instructions Thanks for all the tips!
Itzel Gomez says
I've actually been trying to figure out how to make this! Thanks for being so detailed! I'm excited to try this recipe out,
Kathy says
I think it's great you can make this yourself. I never would have known how to even begin. I definitely want to try this out sometime.
Rena says
I've never heard of rice milk before. I'm lactose intolerant so this could be a viable option for people like me.
Beth says
We usually buy almond milk since my son is lactose intolerant. However, this will be a much less expensive option, I will make some this weekend. Thanks for the recipe!
Ceci Rey says
I did not realize you could make rice milk at home. I can remember trying ice cream with rice milk as the base. You have my wheel turning...thanks for sharing!
Melanie says
I have never made rice milk, but it sounds like it would be marvelous in smoothies. I will have to make some next week after buying a few ingredients from the store.
Melissa Dixon says
This is a fun, I love making my own milks, I always feel so empowered doing things like this for some reason. My daughter has shown an interest in learning some of these things so maybe this would be a good one to do together.
Annie Cho says
I had no idea there are so many different options for plant-based milk out there! I want to try them all, including your rice milk recipe!
xoxo
Annie
Theresa says
I don't drink cow's milk, so I love that there are so many alternatives. I haven't made rice milk before, but have done almond milk and loved how simple it was to do. I can't wait to try your method with rice milk this summer to see how well I like it!
Dennis Littley says
It would be a really good idea to make rice milk at home! Convenient for smoothies, breakfast and so much more. Love this idea. Thanks!
Chad says
I had no idea you can make rice milk! That is amazing!!! I will def try this soon, thanks a lot.
Krysten Quiles says
So interesting. I never thought about making rice milk before. This post is super helpful, thanks!
Melissa says
I never thought about making my own rice milk! What a fantastic idea! I have a dairy allergy so this would be great!
Sarah Bailey says
OK I had no idea you could make rice milk at home - you learn something new everyday. I think I might have to give this a try myself and hope it works out!
Tara Pittman says
I have a milk allergy so this is good to see how easy I can make this. I prefer the pea based milk but I need to try this.
Melissa Chapman says
So cool that milk looks great and we are off dairy except for my son. I need to try this recipe and avoid the store bought non dairy milks.
Natalie says
I think I've only had rice milk in vegan ice cream. It isn't that complicated to make. I should really give it a try!