Brown Rice Is Good For You
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Asians are the world's native rice eaters. If we tell you a particular rice type sucks, you bet it sucks. Vice versa, if we tell you it's good, it's good, trust us.
After some research, I learnt that brown rice instead of the usual polished rice we eat normally, is the healthier and more nutritious choice. Since I still have like 2kg left of my 5kg pack of normal polished rice, I bought a small tiny packet of brown rice, "for trials". You know, see if it's good or tasty etc.
According to the back of the pack, brown rice needed approximately twice the amount of water compared to normal. So ok fine, I scooped up the required amount of rice that I normally ate, added in water as per normal, then doubled it. I left it to cook.
Man, it sure takes a long time to cook brown rice!
Verdict?
Brown rice is grainier, and tastes different. Well one can argue that rice technically is tasteless, but let me tell you, it tastes different from our normal rice. I don't know how to describe it, but if a typical Singaporean were to eat brown rice, he/she will definitely want to put heaps of soya sauce, or gravy, or some other condiments to make it tastier. Which, effectively, cancels out the benefits you get when you eat brown rice in the first place!
Going by taste alone, I wouldn't have picked brown rice to be my "staple". I'd still prefer to eat the usual polished rice we normally eat, although they might be "useless" as far as health benefits go. Plus, triple the usual cooking time for brown rice as compared to normal rice, makes me wonder if people will actually switch to brown rice permanently as a staple diet.
Ah well, guess I might as well finish this tiny pack of brown rice since I already bought it.
After some research, I learnt that brown rice instead of the usual polished rice we eat normally, is the healthier and more nutritious choice. Since I still have like 2kg left of my 5kg pack of normal polished rice, I bought a small tiny packet of brown rice, "for trials". You know, see if it's good or tasty etc.
According to the back of the pack, brown rice needed approximately twice the amount of water compared to normal. So ok fine, I scooped up the required amount of rice that I normally ate, added in water as per normal, then doubled it. I left it to cook.
Man, it sure takes a long time to cook brown rice!
Verdict?
Brown rice is grainier, and tastes different. Well one can argue that rice technically is tasteless, but let me tell you, it tastes different from our normal rice. I don't know how to describe it, but if a typical Singaporean were to eat brown rice, he/she will definitely want to put heaps of soya sauce, or gravy, or some other condiments to make it tastier. Which, effectively, cancels out the benefits you get when you eat brown rice in the first place!
Going by taste alone, I wouldn't have picked brown rice to be my "staple". I'd still prefer to eat the usual polished rice we normally eat, although they might be "useless" as far as health benefits go. Plus, triple the usual cooking time for brown rice as compared to normal rice, makes me wonder if people will actually switch to brown rice permanently as a staple diet.
Ah well, guess I might as well finish this tiny pack of brown rice since I already bought it.
Labels: diet, healthy diet
2 Comments:
Hi! im kaiwen! was looking through blogs from ping.sg and your blog caught my attention...your blog is well done...hope mine can do the same...keep up the good work!!!!
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kaiwen_dreams, April 9, 2008 3:02 PM
kaiwen_dreams, April 9, 2008 3:02 PM
kaiwen - heh hi. This isn't my main blog, and I'm surprised you found it instead of my main one heheh!
