SWEET AND SOUR FORBIDDEN RICE (VEGAN)

SWEET AND SOUR FORBIDDEN RICE (VEGAN)

This dish is simply amazing.  The sweet and sour sauce in combination with vegetables and rice is a perfect meal.  This is a great meal for people wanting to increase raw food consumption.  For those who want to maintain a full raw diet, substituting parsnip rice works very well with this dish.  We like forbidden rice due to the high nutrient profile!

Forbidden Rice Ingredients:

• 1 cup forbidden rice
• 3 cups of vegetable stock (I use veggie stock powder)
• 1 large tomato
• 1 1/2 cup pineapple, chopped
• 1 large red bell pepper, diced
• 1 cup fresh shelled peas
• 1 cup fresh raw sweet corn
• 1/4 cup chopped sweet onion
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro

Sweet and Sour Sauce: (RAW)

• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup Thai Coconut Sugar
• 2 tbsp coconut aminos
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes
• 2 dates
• 1 tsp lime juice

Forbidden Rice Instructions:

1. Cook forbidden rice in three cups vegetable stock for approximately 30 minutes until rice is al dente and has absorbed all liquid.
2. Chop pineapple, vegetables and shell peas.
3. After rice has cooled to room temperature add vegetables and fruit to rice and stir.

Sweet and Sour Sauce Instructions:

1. Place all ingredients in high speed blender and blend until thick and creamy.
2. Stir sauce into forbidden rice mixture and enjoy!

Nutrition Benefits of this Recipe:

Forbidden rice, also called black rice, is high in antioxidants.  The color of black rice comes from the same chemical that gives blueberries and acai berries their color and rich antioxidant profile.  Forbidden rice is high in anthocyanin’s, which lowers risk for heart attacks and helps control cholesterol levels.  (1)