This red cabbage purple rice is the easiest side dish to prepare and to make. If you want to make something different and something which looks interesting, this is the right recipe for you!
The beautiful purple color gives a modern and fun look on the table. It goes very well with any kind of main dish.
You have rice at home and half of a red cabbage? Be creative and serve this easy and delicious red cabbage purple rice!
I really find that when it comes to cooking, it’s mostly about the colors. For me, a balanced and nutritious dish must be colorful. At home, I always prioritize having meals with lots of colors and here's why:
Colors are eye-catching: a dish with nice colors will probably make you and others more willing to eat it. As the popular saying goes: “You eat first with your eyes”.
Colored meals are also synonymous of a larger variety of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. In my view, by consuming regularly foods with a variety of colors, you will supply your body with all necessary fuel it needs to keep healthy as well as the energy to go through the day.
Colorful meals are also intimately related to a plant-based or vegan diet: probably if you eat meals with lots of colors – and here I am not talking about artificially colored or industrialized food – is because you are including in your menu lots of vegetables, fruits, legumes, seeds and grains.
Now, you’ll probably agree with the above reasons presented. First, purple rice is much more eye-catching than the standard plain white rice. I am sure that even children would love to have a plate of this purple rice. Second, by adding the purple cabbage to the rice, we enrich it not only visually, but also nutritionally. Purple cabbage has a higher content of a class of pigments called anthocyanins, which are well known as powerful antioxidants, with several health benefits.
Ingredients
1 cup of white rice
2 cups of water
2 cups of shredded purple cabbage
1 tbs of butter
Salt to taste
Instructions
Rinse the rice over running water. In a large saucepan add butter followed by the rice. Fry it for around 5 mins before you add 2 cups of water, salt. Bring to boil. Using a wooden spoon, stir to separate any clumps in the rice.
When starting to boil, lower the heat and cover. Let it simmer for around 5 min. Add the purple cabbage, stir very well to mix the cabbage with the rice. If it's too dry add some more water.
Cover and let it simmer for more 5 min. Turn off the heat, fluff it with a fork and allow it to simmer for another 3 minutes.
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