This is a very simple dish. I sneaked in something simple but surprisingly flavorful into this black rice -- I added a touch of ginger, hint of coconut, and finished it off with lime. The grain cooks up slightly sticky and changes to a very deep and pretty shade of purple, so the rice is also called forbidden rice or purple rice.
Forbidden Black Rice With Ginger and Coconut [Vegan]
Serves
1-2
Cooking Time
40
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon finely minced ginger
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup of black or forbidden rice
- 3 cups of water
- 1/2 fresh lime or lemon
Preparation
- Heat the coconut oil on medium heat until the oil is nice and hot.
- Add in the ginger and saute lightly until fragrant.
- Add in the salt and the rice and stir well.
- Add in the water and bring to a simmer and cover and cook the rice for 40 minutes on medium-low heat.
- The water should evaporate and the rice should be soft at this point.
- Let the rice rest for 5 minutes, remove the cover, fluff the rice, squeeze in the lime and serve.
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Black Rice -
Coconut - Ginger
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Purple Foods - Rice
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Rinku Bhattacharya
See My RecipesRinku Bhattacharya is a creative Indian cooking teacher and writer, who began teaching Indian cooking almost a decade ago, to share the culture and home flavors of her native country, India. Passionate about a conscious lifestyle and seasonal living, she shares her recipes on her blog Spice Chronicles. Rinku has published two cookbooks; The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles," which was the winner of the 2013 Gourmand Awards for Best Indian Cuisine cookbook, and "Spices and Seasons, Simple, Sustainable Indian Flavors", which offers recipes inspired by the local bounty of the Hudson Valley. The book also offers tips and ideas on creating a green kitchen and reducing your food footprint!
ohh I found some black rice..I Love..I serve with with my homemade cranberry sauce french onion boiled in red wine…ummmm