RecipeMuncher

Since quite a long time a pack of Venere or Venus rice has been waiting on the pantry shelf to be cooked. This black rice originates from China, where it was cultivated already in in 2800 B.C. but it was only available for the emperors until the 1800s. It is a very healthy type of rice, it contains even more anthocyanins than brown rice. However its cooking time is long, it takes about 40 minutes. So finally it was time for me to cook it, also because I was anyway very curious about its taste. I (...)