How to Make White Rice Taste Good & Be Healthy

There is not much nutritional value white rice.

Is rice a restorative food?

I think it depends on how to eat the rice as meals with other sides.

Any rice, if you eat by itself, it will be some nutrient problems.

So, I have experimented to set restorative nutrients in rice;

sometimes I get bored of rice then I try to dye rice since 2008.

The important thing is the feeling that 

my body and mind are healthy through this experiment.

The four-color ingredients are not something that I bought in the market;

some was rolling in the refrigerator or some was always in cabinet for my tea.

In addition, the taste of the restorative four-color rice is incredibly good.

How to Make White Rice Taste Good & Be Healthy



Recipe:

Ingredients:

(about 20-30 servings or 2 for a week serving)

8 C rice (200ml rice cup size ),

Water 16 C for soak

1T vinegar,

about 2~3 T sea salt,

Yellow (5 Gardenias),

Brown (1 chunk Chaga mushroom ),

Purple (about 1/4 red cabbage),

Green (5 kale leaves).

Preparation/

   

for rice:
Wash and soak the each 2 cups of rice in 2 cups warm water 
for about 20 minutes in 4 separate bowls.

for color:
Blend the Kale leaves with in a blender and
boil the red cabbage in the pot and 
use only filtered clear liquid.

Yellow= 5 Gardenias+1T vinegar

Brown= 1 chunk Chaga mushroom + 1~1/2T sea salt

Purple= boiled red cabbage juice + 1~ 1/2 T sea salt

Green= blended kale juice + 1~1/2T sea salt

Set in the refrigerator overnight. 

Cooking/next day

Prepare 4 pots;
set the each colored rice in the pot with the soaked water.
cook the each rice same time on the stove;
temperature: high(start) to low(after boiling).
time : until your desirable sticky rice.

4 color-cook rice.

Set in 4 each bowls.

With the sides:

Butter,

marinated homemade soy sauce,

Color-Pickled red cabbages and Korean radishes,

Homemade flower tea.

Serving/ 

Set the rice and sauces and sides on the table. 

Mix the rice with the Butter and

marinated homemade soy sauce.

Enjoy, this beautiful healthy rice !


Store the rice in the rice cooker/

Set layer the each color rice from the bottom of the rice cooker.

Serving for another meal with fried egg and the sauce.

While I have a moment to remember each 

of the efficacies of the color ingredients,

I am proud of myself;

Gardenia :

In China and Japan, 

Gardenia jasminoides is called zhīzi (栀子) and kuchinashi (梔), respectively. 

Its blossom is used as a yellow dye, used on fabric and 

food (including the Korean mung bean jelly called hwangpomuk). 

Its fruits are also used in traditional Chinese medicine for their clearing, 

calming, and cooling properties.

*Crocetin is a chemical compound usually obtained from Crocus sativus, 

which can also be obtained from the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides.

*Crocetin is a natural carotenoid dicarboxylic acid that 

is found in the crocus flower and Gardenia jasminoides (fruits)

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardenia#Cultivation_and_uses

Inonotus Obliquus (birch mushroom):

Chaga has been used as a folk remedy in Russia and Siberia since the 16th century.

According to the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, 

"no clinical trials have been conducted to assess chaga's safety 

and efficacy for disease prevention or for the treatment of cancer, 

cardiovascular disease, or diabetes". 

They caution that the mushroom extract can interact with other drugs.

Laboratory studies on extract of chaga mushroom has indicated 

possible future potential in cancer therapy,

 as an antioxidant, in immunotherapy, and as an anti-inflammatory.

 A Russian case study with 50 subjects shows the potential 

of Chaga in neutralizing autoimmune diseases, such as psoriasis. 

Chemical analysis shows that chaga mushroom contains a range of secondary metabolites, including phenolic compounds such as melanins, and lanostane-type triterpenes, 

which include a small percentage of betulinic acid.

Source from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus#Medicinal_use

Red cabbage:

Red cabbage juice contains anthocyanin and can be used as *a pH indicator. 

It is red, pink, or magenta in acids, (pH < 7), purple in neutral solutions (pH ~ 7), 

and ranges from blue to green to yellow in alkaline solutions (pH > 7).

Red cabbage has 10 times more vitamin A and twice as much iron as green cabbage.

*A pH indicator:

At 25 °C (77 °F), considered the standard temperature, the pH value of a neutral solution is 7.0. Solutions with a pH value below 7.0 are considered acidic and solutions with pH value above 7.0 are basic (alkaline). 

Source from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_cabbage#Nutrition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH_indicator

Kale:

Kale is very high in beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, and rich in calcium. 

Kale is a source of two carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin.

Kale, as with broccoli and other brassicas, contains sulforaphane 

(particularly when chopped or minced), 

a chemical with potent anti-cancer properties.

Kale is also a source of indole-3-carbinol, 

a chemical which boosts DNA repair in cells 

and appears to block the growth of cancer cells.

Kale has been found to contain a group of resins known 

as bile acid sequestrates, which have been shown to lower cholesterol 

and decrease absorption of dietary fat.

Steaming significantly increases these bile acid binding properties.

Source from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kale#Nutritional_value

Recipe Notes:

Gluten Free?

Yes.

Paleo Ingredients?

Personal Paleo but not recommended for people with gluten sensitivity.

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