Sunday, March 22, 2015

Power Energy Rice Bowl

The Oshawa brown rice diet is very popular in Asian societies.  The treatment of disease by eating brown rice and sesame salt called "methods of care" (Macrobiotics) was launched by the Japanese professor, Sakurazawa Nyoichi, but now, it is commonly known as the Oshawa method. Follow this link to read more on this diet: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Ohsawa. I have tried it for awhile, and I learned that another combination of red and black rice will contain increased proteins, as well.  The ratio of liquid is the same to cook these other rice types, so I think that combining all these healthy grains in a bowl of rice is a good thing. However, quinoa is another grain that can be added to this mix to make it what I call a Power Energy Rice Bowl. I often make it for breakfast and top it with salted roasted sesame seeds. To make this a healthy way for the body, we have to eat very slowly. One bowl of rice should take about one hour to finish. I called eating this way, "eating meditation". Eating a bowl of this powerful rice is as a method of healing and preventing illness.

Ingredients:
1 cup each of brown rice, red rice, black rice, and quinoa
(there are 2 kinds of brown rice- the long grain and short grain. Feel free to add both kinds of this rice into this mix. Place in a mixing bowl and mix well. Store in an airtight plastic container with lid and use as needed. This also can be a good gift for friends who like to eat healthy rice.)



To cook rice:
1 cup of this rice mixture
2 cups water
1/2 tsp salt

Directions:
Wash rice well and add all into a rice cooker. Use the brown rice function to cook.


 
 





To make salted sesame seeds:
Wash and drain 1/2 cup sesame seeds.

Use a saucepan over medium heat and fry sesame seeds slowly until they make a popping sound.

Reduce the heat to low and constantly stir the seeds to prevent burning at this point. It is ready when the seeds turn golden and become fragrant.

 Place in a mini food processor and pulse a few times.

Place in a bowl. Add 1/2 to 1 tsp of salt (your taste). Mix well. Store in a dry place in the airtight container.

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