Recipes · Sri Lankan · Breakfast

Diyabath (Fermented Rice Cold Soup)

One serving has 313 kcal and 5 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (109%), copper (37%), phosphorus (32%), magnesium (29%), thiamin (27%) and niacin (26%). Ready in 740 minutes.

Diyabath (Fermented Rice Cold Soup)
Photo: Nikkolo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 725 min
  • Cooking: 15 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (332 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free

Ingredients

  • 50 g Rice, red
  • 200 g Water
  • 60 g Coconut milk, canned
  • 15 g Onions, red, raw
  • 3 g Garlic, raw
  • 3 g Chili peppers, green, raw
  • 0.8 g Salt

Method

  1. Cook the rice in part of the water until soft, then spread it out to cool completely.
  2. Put the cooled rice in a covered bowl, add enough of the remaining water to submerge it, and leave at room temperature about 12 hours, or overnight, to ferment lightly and turn pleasantly tangy.
  3. Stir in the coconut milk, minced onion, garlic and chili, thinning with any remaining water to a loose, drinkable consistency.
  4. Season with the salt and serve cold, as a light breakfast or a cooling side to rice and curry.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy313 kcal15%
Carbohydrates42.5 g
Water267 mL
Fiber2.2 g7%
Protein5.4 g11%
Tryptophan0.07 g
Threonine0.2 g
Isoleucine0.23 g
Leucine0.43 g
Lysine0.22 g
Methionine0.12 g
Cystine0.08 g
Phenylalanine0.28 g
Tyrosine0.19 g
Valine0.32 g
Histidine0.14 g
Fat14.4 g
Monounsaturated1.1 g
Polyunsaturated0.65 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-60.64 g
Saturated11.7 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Calcium30.9 mg3%
Copper0.33 mg37%
Iron2.8 mg15%
Magnesium90.6 mg29%
Manganese2 mg109%
Phosphorus223 mg32%
Potassium301 mg6%
Selenium9.1 µg16%
Sodium330 mg
Zinc1.5 mg19%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.3 mg27%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.06 mg5%
Niacin (vitamin B3)3.7 mg26%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.66 mg13%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.32 mg25%
Folate (vitamin B9)23.5 µg6%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0 µg0%
Choline17.8 mg4%
Vitamin A1.8 µg0%
Vitamin C9.9 mg13%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0 IU0%
Vitamin E0.33 mg2%
Vitamin K0.84 µg1%

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

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

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