Homemade Puffed Rice/Grains with Hot Salt (Murmura) Method

This is an experiment for home puffed rice, using the hot salt (murmura) method. As a quick hack for soaking/boiling & drying the rice, I'm testing with commercial parboiled rice, and instant rice products like Minute Rice.
I was hoping to find an easy way to make puffed rice snack similar to the stuff found in the cereal aisles in the grocery stores. While the hot salt method cooks up any grains in a breeze and makes for a very tasty snack, I don't think they make for interchangeable products as the puffed rice cereals we find in the US. What I accidentally discovered, is that this is a wonderfully easy way to produce large batches of home-made Genmaicha, which is green tea with 'popcorn rice' - rice that are roasted until they pop, to impart a deep toasted flavor to the tea.

00:00 Introduction
00:07 How commercial puffed rice is made
00:14 Puff any grain with popcorn cannon
00:33 Puff rice without pressure cooking
00:42 Indian street food puffed rice
00:56 Using commercial parboiled/instant rice for murmura
01:23 Trying other grains with hot salt method
01:31 Heating hot salt - temperature & hack
01:59 Salt puffed parboiled rice
03:04 Salt puffed instant rice
03:24 Parboiled rice vs Minute rice
03:32 Puffed rice visual comparisons
03:45 Salt puffed rice vs Rice Krispies
04:13 DIY Genmaicha
04:48 Puffing millet with hot salt
05:14 Cooking wheat berries in hot salt
05:42 Popping purple rice in hot salt
06:04 Making Popcorn with hot salt

[nikzane]

_“If you’re entertained by pointless kitchen experiments that curbs the curiosity, please hit the subscribe button for more”_ is the most passive-aggressive call-to-action I’ve ever heard so far, I couldn’t hit that sub button faster! 😂

[Vagolyk]

Not the first time I come across the method, but definitely the most informative one.
(What's with the comments here? No she didn't overcook the rice, she bought it "precooked". She said the results weren't salty even with the simplest table salt you can find.)

[ibe]

I've experimented with this as well, and I found that parboiled rice is the only type of rice that made the puffed rice edible, and not too hard. It might also vary depending on the type of parboiled rice used. However, I also found that the salt needs to be around 230 ºC to puff up properly. Cooler than that, and the puffed rice will be too hard. I use a digital infra-red thermometer to monitor the temperature of the salt before putting in the rice. They're relatively cheap at around $20.
Put the puffed rice in a bowl with milk, and they taste great. Home-puffed rice is definately better than commercial rice-crispies.

[naomi-g]

This is extremely impressive. What I'm gathering is that this isn't a treat that's reasonable to make at home. Thank you!

[darinharvey]

There's no way im not going to own a cooking cannon after just learning about their existence.

[JolynJessica]

Thx for trying all these variations. Nice work.

[ellenlittle]

This is so cool! Thanks for sharing your experimentation! I love genmaicha, so this is exciting for me.

[kukulidouce]

Thank you for your investigative work and imagination...!!! Don't stop finding new and short (and lazy...) ways to make life easier and more amenable...!!! Thanks for sharing your brain...!!!

[heycoolchannel]

This was so informative and just fascinating! Thanks for doing these experiments!

[TonyProcure]

Your narration is wonderfully phrased. Witty and informative flipping back & forth, which kept me engaged without knowing which is enjoyed more; your humour or your lesson.
“Try 2, “ etc was so humble as well.

[peterkapinos]

Awesome trials. I learned a lot here. Well made and to the point.

[howdy]

Loved your experiments and side-by-side comparisons! Very good explanations and informative. Please keep more videos coming. Thank you! 😁

[Andrew-yqf]

This was great! You have a nice and soothing voice. Very pleasant to listen to.

[HM-oycm]

I love your personality, awesome video!

[janelee]

Awesome video! Very informative. Thank you. You saved me from experimenting for puffed grains! 😊

[protogenx]

I appreciate your work bc thats alot of effort much thanks to you 👍

[kimkoch]

REPUROPOSED FOR TEA AND i juuuust friggin LOVE YOUUUU😎🐯

[margaretpowell]

Thank you for demonstrating all the variations and ways to use them as an alternative I watched an ndian video for puffed millet and she rinsed and dried the grains first. Perhaps that would make better puffs

[justbeachy]

Thank you so much for saving me a lot of time. I Am now a new subscriber

[AdamBechtol]

Nice. Thanks :)
Gave me an idea about alternatives to those machines.