Herbal Blue Rice (Vegetarian)

Herbal blue rice is very easy to prepare. All the core ingredients are natural and contain medicinal value to boost our immune system. Furthermore, it's simply great to have it together with any dish especially hot and spicy food e.g. vegetarian pineapple sambal which I gave the recipe yesterday. 


The main ingredient is the flowers of butterfly pea, Clitorea ternatea ( bunga telang in Malay) - flowers from a vining tropical  plant. The flowers are rich in blue delphidine which is a type of anthocyanin. This antioxidant flavanoids protect many body systems from free radical damages.

Ingredients

2 handfuls of of butterfly pea ( soak for 1 hour in 3 cups of hot water to get the colour out-squeeze out the juice as well)


2 cups rice


1 stalk lemongrass, 1" ginger, 3 pips garlic, 3 shallots, 1 onion (blended)


1 tsp fenugreek seeds (halba) & 6 cardamon seeds (buah pelaga)


5 screwpine leaves (pandan)- tie into a knot


1/2 tbsp oil (for stir fry) & a pinch of salt which could be omitted


1. Stir fry blended ingredients and put in the seeds. Continue stir frying till aromatic. Add in rice and screwpine leaves. Stir for a while. 
2. Put into rice cooker. Add in the water and juice from butterfly pea. Leave it to cook until done. Serve.


Prescription : Enjoying food is precious