Red Rice

Getting back to my favorite topic, Food! So T and I went to this shop in Sector 22 which I know has existed for a while but we never go to anyway. We happened to find red rice sitting there. Now the last time I ate this rice was in Bhutan except for the Lotus Brand Red Rice that is perhaps the only agricultural export of Bhutan to the US, I have never seen this rice anywhere out of the dragon kingdom. I know it is grown in Manali though and there is quite another variety that is available in Kerala as well.

 So what better to eat the red rice with than some Emadashi. Emadashi is perhaps the most famous food of Bhutan and is cooked in virtually every household.It is a dish that is made out of red or green fresh chills and cheese. I had cooked a variant of Emadashi last week and this time I decided to do Emadashi with potatoes. My stomach had been feeling a bit iffy and I was not quite sure if could handle the neat

by itself. I was quite pleased with the result even though all I did have was processed cheese in the fridge. Hell I do not really care because I have seen the Bhutanese happily cooking with that as well on more than one occasion.

 So I may hasten to add that I have survived the night of the red chills and lived to blog. I am hoping to post some more interesting food experiments in the future. So stay tuned….