It is boiled and only the outer husk is removed by the traditional way of hand pounding. It retains the outer bran of rice which is brown in color and has more minerals, vitamins, nutrients. It's a healthy practice of giving dish made with hand pound rice to new born babies.
Kaikuthal Arisi refers to rice (often a local variety like Samba) that has been hulled and partially polished using a traditional wooden mortar and pestle (the "hand-pounded" method). This gentle processing removes only the rough outer husk, leaving most of the bran layer intact. This makes it functionally equivalent to brown rice, retaining superior levels of fiber, B vitamins, and minerals compared to machine-polished white rice
