"Four score and four years ago (or thereabouts), a product landed on the shelves of grocery stores across the United States that would change dinner forever. No longer would careworn homemakers fret over the stove for 20 or 30 minutes in order to bring the starch to the table. No, in the early 1940s, instant rice was born through the Minute Rice brand, a staple grain that has been giving precious time back to the evenings of home cooks ever since."
"Minute Rice was first produced by a man named Ataullah K. Ozai‐Durrani. The cousin of the king of Afghanistan, Ozai-Durrani originally came to the U.S. in 1923 to study petrochemistry. However, he quickly turned his intellect toward grains and began experimenting with rice in his kitchen. Eventually, as his tests and trials progressed, Ozai-Durrani enlisted the help of the Arkansas Rice Growers Cooperative to provide laboratory space."
Ataullah K. Ozai-Durrani developed precooked, dehydrated instant rice that dramatically shortened cooking time. He experimented with rice for nearly two decades and worked with the Arkansas Rice Growers Cooperative before demonstrating the product to General Foods Corporation in 1941. Minute Rice was commercialized after the successful demonstration and quickly became a major food trend. Instant rice undergoes additional preparation beyond threshing, winnowing, drying, and milling; precooking and dehydration enable rapid rehydration and short cooking times. The Minute Rice brand remains widely used for convenient meal preparation.
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