Description

Black Rice

Black rice or the forbidden rice, is ideally known for its extreme nutrition value. Its also called Kavuni Rice in South or Chak-hao in North East. Up until modern times, black rice was rare to come by.

In fact, that wild black rice had been highly treasured, prized, and protected for many centuries due to its disease-fighting abilities. It’s a belief that in ancient China, black rice was considered so unique and nutritious that it was forbidden for all but royalty. Hence called the forbidden rice! Due to its signature black-purple colour and a mild nutty flavour, it’s widely used today as a condiment, dressing, or garnishing for different types of desserts in many countries around the world.