Soaking is the simplest method for softening the texture of brown rice. Longer soaking times shorten the cooking time of brown rice; however, microbial contamination can occur during long soaking time. To shorten soaking time, warm water soaking is needed, and the higher the soaking temperature, the faster the rate of moisture absorption (Han & Lim, 2009). However, the softening effect on the cooked brown rice texture is not enough by only soaking. There are several trials that have been developed to reduce the cooking time and soften the texture of brown rice. As a physical method, heat treatment was devised by Hirokawa et al. (1986), which was to develop fissures in the bran layer by heating and immediate cooling. Through this fissures, moisture can readily penetrate into the endosperm so that cooking is also readily achieved, and the easy cooking was made only by sufficient absorbed heat energy (60 kcal or more per 1 kg of brown rice) was applied. Das, Banerjee, and Bal (2008) used xylanase and cellulase enzymes to decrease cooking time and increase water uptake ratio for brown rice, although the results were not satisfactory when compared with those of white rice (30 min vs. 18 min for cooking time, and 2.8 vs. 3.6 for water uptake ratio). Germination is another method for softening brown rice, and longer germination time could decrease the hardness of brown rice (Jiamyangyuen & Ooraikul, 2008); the hardness decreased from 46 to 30 kg by 12 h soaking and 25 h germination, however there was no comparison in texture between brown rice and milled rice in their report. So, there are still needs for textural improvement to resolve the low quality of brown rice after cooking.