Rif Brachot 26a

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26a

{Brachot 36b continued}
for Rav and Shmuel both say: Anything that has in of the 5 grains, we bless over it Borei Minei Mezonot.
And so is the halacha.

The explanation of chavitz {boiled in a} kedeira {pot}: The Yishmaelim call it Kubitz.

Gufa {back to discuss the aforementioned citation}:
Rav and Shmuel both say: Anything that has in of the 5 grains, we bless over it Borei Minei Mezonot.

And we ask on them, that they say "Anything that has in of the 5 grains, we bless over it Borei Minei Mezonot," which implies that rice {orez, however you translate it, but we will stick with rice here for consistency}, according to them, we would not make Borei Minei Mezonot - However, they learnt {in a brayta}:
{Brachot 37a}

If one chews wheat, he blessses over it Borei Peri HaAdama. If he grinds and bakes it and then cooks it [in liquid], so long as the pieces are still whole {and not pulp} he says beforehand HaMotzi and afterwards Birchat HaMazon. if the pieces are no longer whole, he blesses beforehand Borei Minei Mezonot and after it Al HaMichya.

If one chews rice, he says before partaking Borei Peri HaAdama. If he grinds and bakes it and then cooks it [in liquid], even if the pieces are still whole, he blesses beforehand Minei Mezonot, and afterwards Al HaMichya.

And we leave off with a conclusive disproof. Therefore, regarding rice, when you cook it, beforehand {before eating it} you bless Borei Minei Mezonot, and afterwards Borei Nefashot Rabot, as we explain the brayta that we learn {tnei} regarding rice that afterwards he says no blessing at all, and we established that "afterwards no blessing at all" means that he blesses Borei Nefashot Rabot.

And these words are only when the rice is visible in existence {be'en} but in a mixture, no, for we establish like Rav and Shmuel, who both say that "Anything that has in of the 5 grains, we bless over it Borei Minei Mezonot" {and rice is not from the 5 grains}. For Rav and Shmuel were only conclusively disproved regarding anything from the 5 grains that was be'en, but from the 5 grains that is not be'en but rather in a mixture, they were not disproven. Therefore the halacha is like them, since there is none who argue on them. And further, because our sugya is like them: Millet bread, beforehand you bless Shehakol and afterwards you bless Borei Nefashot. And rihata {something similar to chabiz, mentioned earlier} of the townspeople, whether there is within it a lot of flour or not a lot of flour, he blesses upon it Borei Minei Mezonot, like Rav and Shmuel, who both say: Anything that has in of the 5 grains, we bless over it Borei Minei Mezonot; and afterwards, Al HaMichya.

Rav Yosef said: This chavitz, if there is in it pieces {of bread} an olive's measure