Bamboo Rice - Organic

Essential Pantry Organic Bamboo Rice

1 pound bag - California

Ingredients: Organic rice, wild-crafted bamboo extract

Bamboo Rice - Healthy and green too!

This organically grown short grain white rice is infused with the juice of the bamboo leaf and hence the soft green color. Short grains of rice are often sticky by nature, and by adding additional moisture to the grain creates a sticky rice somewhere between sushi and jasmine rice. 

Think of this rice as being different. The light pale green color hints of the ever so lightly presence of chlorophyl in the flavor. Enhance the rice with green peas, or mix with black quinoa to make a dish that can dress up a plate. Add a bit of saltiness with the rice with a super fine one or shoyu. Short and sticky makes it a good one for sushi too. It's easy to roll your own.

China throughout history has used the bamboo plant for medicinal reasons. The leaves and the juice extracted have a long list of long words that are good for you, mostly related to the green goodness of plants. There is some indication that it has properties to help in digestion and inflammatory gut-based issues. 

I expect it is true, though I am not sure if the amount of bamboo rice you would need to consume would all but counteract the benefits of gut freedom! The addition of the bamboo juice can add as much as 10% fibre to the rice.

Cook like any rice (in a pot water to cover by same depth of the rice, bring-to-boil, turn to simmer, cook down and then fluff with a fork) or you can also cook it by steaming it like you would a hand rolled couscous.