I was a given a bag of Sri Lankan Red Rice by DC Jayasundera, co-founder of Rural Returns, a new new profit whose mission is to economically empower Sri Lankan rice farming communities by enabling them to earn higher profits selling sustainably cultivated heirloom rice to global markets.
Sri Lanka is an Asian island country. One of its staple crops is rice, mainly red rice, a grain that has a richer, earthier flavor than brown or white rice.
I’ve been enjoying it for dinner accompanying curries and on it’s own.
However, I wanted to try it for breakfast as a grain. It is loaded with nutrients,particularly protein, low in saturated fat and calories.
Easy to cook, just bring the water to a boil, add the rice, then lower the heat and simmer until the water has evaporated. It takes about 20 minutes or so to cook. I changed up a bit and added dried cranberries to the rice while it was cooking. The dried cranberries imparted a wonderful sweetness to the rich, earthy red rice.
I served the red rice with buttermilk. Fantastic combination.
All told, less than 300 calories for a wonderful nutritious, satisfying breakfast.
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Love the idea – kind of like rice oatmeal
Have you tried the Lotus Bhutanese red rice?
I think Rural Returns red rice is of similar quality
I have tried Bhutanese red rice. They are similar, however I think I prefer the Rural Returns red rice from Sri Lanka a bit better. I really like the texture of it and I think it makes an amazing breakfast cereal. However, that is not the traditional treatment for this type of rice. It’s typically cooked with curry type seasonings as a dinner type of dish.