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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

brown rice

Indonesian translation:

beras merah

Added to glossary by Ryszard Matuszewski
Jun 28, 2004 18:05
22 yrs ago
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beras merah

googling "beras" and "brown rice" comes up with some quite convincing examples

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Note added at 2004-06-28 21:00:37 (GMT)
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this is from http://cyberwoman.cbn.net.id/detilhit.asp?kategori=Health&ne...

\"Beras merah (Brown rice)
Ini jenis beras yang paling sedikit mendapat pengolahan. Hanya bagian kulit luar (hull) saja yang dibuang, dan masih punya lapisan kulit ari (bran), embrio beras (germ) dan bagin putih beras (endosperm). Kulit ari beras ini sangat kaya mineral dan vitamin, khususnya kelompok vitamin B. Juga memberi warna kemerahan dan citarasa agak seperti kacang, kenyal, serta bertekstur lebih keras. Karena mengandung serat dan lemak lebih tinggi, beras merah butuh waktu lebih lama saat dimasak dibanding beras putih.\"
Peer comment(s):

agree Sugeng Hariyanto
37 mins
agree Ray Indra : This is it
5 hrs
agree Kardi Kho
10 hrs
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nasi coklat

nasi means rice such as the well known dish NASI GORENG which is fried rice. Coklat is brown.

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Note added at 10 mins (2004-06-28 18:15:27 GMT)
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www.pdpersi.co.id/pdpersi/news/psejati.php3?id=1027
Peer comment(s):

neutral eldira : Coklat also means chocolate, which is brown in colour.
1 hr
disagree Bettina David : "nasi" only refers to *cooked* rice, rice in its still uncooked form is "beras". "Nasi coklat" could easily be associated with "cooked rice with chocolate taste"...
1 hr
neutral Muhammad Zikri : Actually you should say pirang, not perang.
6 hrs
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1 hr

beras pecah kulit



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Note added at 1 hr 15 mins (2004-06-28 19:20:26 GMT)
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Padahal beras tersebut sudah datang sejak Agustus
1998 lalu dalam bentuk beras pecah kulit (brown rice) ---
www.indomedia.com/bernas/9901/13/UTAMA/
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5 hrs

beras perang

purely by Googling, but "beras perang" is certainly another name for brown rice and, seemingly, a popular one in Malaysia:
http://www.kkbb.com.my/laman_utama.html
"[beras perang] merupakan sejenis beras yang lebih berkhasiat daripada beras biasa (putih) kerana ia merupakan beras yang tidak di kilang. Oleh itu ia akan mengekalkan kebanyakan zat yang terkandung dalam setiap butiran beras. "
Members more familiar with Indonesian cuisine than I will know whether this is a term used also in Indonesia or whether it is only known in Malaysia.
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6 hrs

beras berwarna coklat, beras pirang/merah

From Hassan Shadily
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