Black N White - Wild or Indian Rice

Black and White Wednesday

I had been noticing this event for a long time and did want to participate atleast once..but did not get idea of what picture to take. Today I was just going through my pantry searching for something and found this wild rice...sot thought why not take a pic of this as it is naturally colored black and white and I don't need to do any camera tricks ;-, sounds easy right!

Ok, let me introduce the owner of this beautiful event, Susan of  "The Well-Seasoned Cook" started this event and love this and admire all the great photographers out there!

I would also like to mention some useful information about this wonderful WILD RICE or otherwise called as "INDIAN RICE".

Nutrition:

Almost always sold as a dried whole grain, wild rice is high in protein, the amino acid lysine and dietary fiber, and low in fat. Like true rice, it does not contain gluten. It is also a good source of the minerals potassium and phosphorous, and the vitamins, thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin.

Theratti Pal - Made easy in Microwave

Theratti pal is a traditional sweet which is prepared with two ingredients - milk and sugar. The milk is boiled over low flame till it is reduced to a curdled mixture and is sweetened with sugar. Its an integral part of bhakshanam for any ritual in a Brahmin household, especially marriage. In the olden days, it was considered an exotic sweet and a tiffin box of this home made theratti pal will be invariably given to the daughter by the mother when she goes back to her in-laws home after her first visit to her maternal home post marriage. I guess the sweet is held in such high esteem, because of the patience and effort involved.  Now, what I am posting here is an instant version, which gets done in 5 minutes, in a microwave oven. 

You need

• Milkmaid - 1 tin (400 gm)


• Curd - 2 tspn


• Ghee - 1 tspn

Method

Take all the ingredients in a  microwave safe bowl. Make sure you take a big bowl else it might spill over while cooking. I used 1.5 litre bowl and it almost reached the brim . Microwave high for 5 minutes. After every two minutes, give it a stir. This will ensure it doesn't spill over. At this stage, you may find some liquid. 

But after a standing time of 3 minutes, it will set well. Scoop and enjoy the delicious sweet.

I am taking this to the MEC-Potluck hosted by Srivalli.

Check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked for Day 2

Black and White Wednesday - Oops! Scoop!!

Honey-dew melon - scooped out!


Sending this to Susan's Black and White Wednesdays!