How2 Make Fermented Rice

This is a Traditional wisdom of South India. In olden days, all farmers and all laborers who did lot of physical work ate this fermented rice food for breakfast. This gives sustained energy with all natural nutritional supplements which comes from the fermenting bacteria in it. It is so soothing for the intestines and does not irritate it because the rice is fermented and digested by bacteria. Another plus point is these trillions of bacteria will produce copious amount of B complex Vitamins and d vitamin B12 ( a good source for vegetarians) and K vitamins and also add to the fiber in the stool preventing constipation.

 

You will need

"Old Rice" (Prefer brown rice. Parboiled rice has been treated with steam to force nutrients into the kernel before polishing takes place; it lies between brown and white rice in nutritional value.)

Yoghurt (Choose a yogurt containing Lactobacillus casei or buy curds (yoghurt) from an Indian food store.)

 

Seasoning (optional)

Oil

Mustard seeds

Cumin seeds

Curry leaves

Dry Red Chili

 

1. Boil rice and strain.
2. Add yogurt to rice. Cover and ferment it overnight.
3. If you choose to season it, take a small steel (or metal) bowl or dish with a long handle and pour oil. When the oil is heated up, add the remaining seasonings. It will splutter and splatter, so be careful.
4. Remove and pour over the dish with yoghurt rice.
5. Gently stir and serve.

Note: To make home made curds (yoghurt), boil milk (quarter gallon) and when it is luke warm add 2 or 3 ounces of curd. Allow it to ferment overnight.

 

 

 

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