Daughter L and I were out shopping one day and ended up grabbing a quick dinner at a small restaurant called Aloha Poke. It was more of an ordering counter with a few tables set up inside. You had the option of taking your food out too. I chose purple rice with my dish, it might be the first time I ever had that. It is more nutritious than white rice apparently, sort of like quinoa I think.
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I have never had purple rice. It looks colorful and delicious.
Looks great, I've never seen it before. Glad you enjoyed it. Hugs, Valerie
Tasty.
God bless.
Looks really good!
Looks tempting! So colourful - I love when food is colourful!
Looks delicious... I'm sure it tasted as good as it looks... 🙃
Oh I like the looks of that purple rice!!!! :-) We had purple mashed potatoes the other day. But never had purple rice.
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I've never tried poke. Not into raw fish, and it has it, right?
They both look delicious!
Looks delicious. And sounds good too!
Well I've had purple sprouting broccoli, see here
https://thelowcarbdiabetic.blogspot.com/2016/11/purple-sprouting-broccoli-have-you.html
but not purple rice, so I just had to look up purple rice, and it's interesting!
What is purple rice?
Beautifully hued and packed with nutrition, purple rice is an ancient heirloom rice with origins in Asia. Its grains are inky black in color when raw. As it cooks, the grains turn a deep iridescent purple.
Also known as black rice, forbidden rice, and emperor’s rice, legend has it that purple rice was originally reserved exclusively for China’s ancient emperors. This may have been because of its appearance or rarity. Purple rice was a difficult crop to grow, and it may have been less available as a food source than other types of rice.
Like all rice species, purple rice originates from Japanese rice and is technically a type of grass seed. Its cultivation can be traced back as far as 2500 B.C. The darkly-colored grains may have been the result of a mutated rice gene.
Purple rice is available in two forms — as a long-grained, jasmine rice, and as sticky (glutinous) rice. Both forms are gluten-free.
Read more here
https://www.healthline.com/health/purple-rice
That's why I love blogging you come across new things every day - thanks Christine
All the best Jan
Hope you will try it Jan!
I remember having poke in Hawaii. It was very good. These look good too. Pretty to look at too. Thanks for sharing Christine :)
hmmm ...i would try purple for sure.
hipster food ;P
Sounds like something Daisy would love
They have some choices without raw fish
Haha
I hadn't heard of purple rice before. Sounds yummy.
watching purple rice for the first time Christine!
glad you had good dinner with your dear Daughter
How interesting! Who knew?!
We have a lovely little breakfast/lunch spot that does bowls. They are wonderful. I'm so tired of deciding meals!
I would try it though if it was made around here :)
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