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New
Food Cookbook Chapter: Ancient Grains
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Bhutanese
Red Rice
- Origin
and cultivation:
grown in Bhutan in the Himalayas
- Availability:
year-round
- Appearance:
red color is from tannin pigments
- Flavor:
like rice
- Trivia:
staple food of people living in Bhutan
- Recipes:
Bhutanese
Red Chestnut Rice Ancient
Grain and Rice Pilaf ••••••••
Black
Rice
- Also
known as:
Black Sticky Rice, Black Glutinous Rice
- Origin
and cultivation: grown
across Asia
- Availability:
year-round
- Appearance:
dark purple color is primarily from anthocyanin pigments;
- Flavor:
like rice
- Trivia:
one variety is known as forbidden rice because legend says it was once consumed
only by Chinese royalty and their concubines; traditionally used in sweet dessert
or breakfast dishes
- Recipes:
Black
Rice Pudding ••••••••
Bulgur
- Also
known as: Bulgar, Burghul, Bulgur Wheat or Ali
- Origin
and cultivation: made from soaked wheat that has been baked dry (by an oven
or the sun) then cracked;
- Availability:
year-round
- Appearance:
little brown rough granules
- Flavor:
mild wheat flavor
- Trivia:
considered man's first processed food, first prepared over 4,000 years ago
- Recipes:
Lamb
Mushroom Bulgur Soup ••••••••
Quinoa
- Origin
and cultivation:
from the Andes where it has been an important food for over 5,000 years
- Availability:
year-round
- Appearance:
comes
in different colors ranging from tan to red to black
- Flavor:
seeds
have a bitter coating of saponins which are typically removed during commercial
processing, so check the instructions on your package of quinoa to make sure it
was pre-rinsed
- Trivia:
staple
food of the Incas; not a true grain, but actually a seed so it is known as a pseudo-cereal
- Recipes:
Quinoa
Granola ••••••••
Amaranth
- Origin
and cultivation:
Grown by the Aztecs over 5,000 years ago
- Availability:
year-round
- Appearance:
tiny
round tan grains
- Flavor:
mild
and nutty
- Trivia:
it was incorporated in ancient images of gods and consumed in religious ceremonies
which, to the Europeans, resembled a pagan parody of Christian communion leading
them to ban it
- Recipes:
Amaranth
Salad ••••••••
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