Black rice & Black sesame pudding, vegan.
Black rice is an ancient and one of the most nutritious varieties of rice. The color ‘black’ comes from rich anthocyanins, that are powerful antioxidants with anti inflammatory properties. Black rice has the most protein of all varieties of rice. It is hard to grow black rice compared to white rice and typically the yield is very less per crop, making it expensive than regular rice. It is grown in South east Asia widely and lately in Southern United States.
Black rice has more nutty flavor and takes little additional time to cook well than regular rice. Soaking ahead makes cooking black rice a breeze. For a different flavor with added nutrition, try cooking this forbidden rice in your kitchen.
Black sesame seeds are power houses of omega 3 fatty acids that are important for heart health. Also widely grown in Asia, black sesame seeds are rich in fiber which aids in gut health. Soup, desserts made from black sesame seeds are very popular in Asian countries.
The idea of this recipe is to make a quick comforting nutritious dish that can be had any time of the day, once you get over the spooky color.
Black rice and Black sesame pudding, vegan
Equipment
- pressure cooker or instant pot
- Blender
Ingredients
- 1 cup black rice soaked for 10-12 hours in 3 cups water
- 1/2 cup black sesame seeds
- 8 sun dried mission figs- chopped can use dates instead
- 4 Tbsp jaggery powder can use brown sugar or coconut sugar or maple syrup
- 2 cups plant based milk, coconut or soy will work well
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Instructions
- Dry roast the sesame seeds for 4-5 min , add to a blender jar with the chopped figs and blend into a smooth paste
- Take the instant pot bowl, add the soaked rice along with the water, plant based milk, jaggery powder, the sesame/ fig paste and mix well. Close the lid and pressure cook on high for 15 min. Let it cool down before opening the lid. Do not try to manually release the pressure. If the consistency is too thin, just switch to saute mode and keep stirring for 8-10 min till it thickens. If the consistency is too thick, add some more warmed up plant based milk.If you need more sweetness you can add maple syrup, some more brown sugar , or jaggery syrup.
- I have not tried the pressure cooker stove top version for this recipe, but would suppose just adding all ingredients to a bowl and pressure cooking on medium for 6-7 whistles. will do fine.
- You can eat the pudding as it is, or make an anytime parfait as above with your favorite fruits and nuts. I layered chopped strawberries, almonds, persimmons along with this dramatic sweet comforting pudding.
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