also: ばくはん
noun
boiled barley and rice
A traditional mixed grain dish; barley is cooked together with rice. Common in home cooking and health-conscious eating.
祖母はよく麦飯を炊いてくれた。
My grandmother often cooked barley-rice for us.
麦飯は白米より食物繊維が多い。
Barley-rice has more dietary fiber than white rice.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, common in everyday writing.
Compound of 麦 (mugi, 'barley') and 飯 (meshi, 'cooked rice'). The reading むぎめし is the standard kun-reading combination.