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Chinese Black Rice is a short grain Rice with a high gluten content making it perfect for both sweet and savoury dishes. Chinese Black Rice is deep black in color prior to cooking and imparts a beautiful deep dark purple color after cooking. This Rice has a sweet flavour and a wonderful sticky texture. Traditionally served in Taiwan and mainland China as a dessert ingredient, in the West Black Rice is most often found served with main courses.

 

Suggested Use:
When cooked, Black Chinese Rice has a beautiful shiny, Indigo color. Use Black Rice alone or mix with White Rice for color and texture in stuffing's, desserts, rice molds pudding and Rice Balls.