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Pakhala (Odia Fermented Rice)

One serving has 293 kcal and 6 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (51%), selenium (29%), thiamin (28%), folate (27%) and niacin (20%). Ready in 495 minutes.

Pakhala (Odia Fermented Rice)
Photo: Subhashish Panigrahi, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Preparation: 480 min
  • Cooking: 15 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (371 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free
  • Contains: mustard

Ingredients

  • 180 g Rice, white, long-grain, cooked
  • 150 g Water
  • 1 g Mustard seeds
  • 1 g Chilies, dried red
  • 3 g Ginger, fresh
  • 30 g Cucumber, raw
  • 1.3 g Salt
  • 5 g Vegetable oil

Method

  1. Cover the cooked rice with the water in a bowl and leave at room temperature overnight (about 8 hours) to ferment lightly and turn pleasantly tangy.
  2. Heat the oil in a small pan and fry the mustard seeds and dried chili over medium heat until the seeds pop.
  3. Stir the tempering and the grated ginger into the fermented rice and its liquid, and add the salt.
  4. Serve chilled or at room temperature, topped with the sliced cucumber.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy293 kcal14%
Carbohydrates53.3 g
Water304 mL
Fiber1.3 g5%
Protein5.5 g11%
Tryptophan0.06 g
Threonine0.19 g
Isoleucine0.23 g
Leucine0.44 g
Lysine0.21 g
Methionine0.12 g
Cystine0.11 g
Phenylalanine0.28 g
Tyrosine0.18 g
Valine0.32 g
Histidine0.13 g
Fat6 g
Monounsaturated1.5 g
Polyunsaturated3.1 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-62.7 g
Saturated0.95 g
Trans-Fats0.03 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Calcium31.2 mg3%
Copper0.17 mg19%
Iron2.4 mg13%
Magnesium32.9 mg11%
Manganese0.91 mg51%
Phosphorus95.5 mg14%
Potassium146 mg3%
Selenium15.7 µg29%
Sodium514 mg
Zinc1 mg13%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.31 mg28%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.05 mg5%
Niacin (vitamin B3)2.8 mg20%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.8 mg16%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.2 mg15%
Folate (vitamin B9)109 µg27%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0 µg0%
Choline8.5 mg2%
Vitamin A14.8 µg2%
Vitamin C1.4 mg2%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0 IU0%
Vitamin E0.58 mg4%
Vitamin K15.3 µg17%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.3 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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