What I Bought at the West Side Market: Adventures in Mush
You'll recall that last week I bought green bamboo rice and mace and Urban Herbs.
Because I was so busy this week, I tried to kill two birds with one stone by making rice pudding. Green rice pudding. It was good, if you could get past the fact that it looked like Yoda's baby food. Kids would get a kick out of it...unless they're freakish picky eaters (like I was).
First, the mace. What's mace, you ask? That stuff you spray in the eyes of someone who's about to take your purse? Actually, it's the lacy outer coating of the nutmeg seed. The taste is very similar to nutmeg, but finer. Nutmeggier. It out nutmegs nutmeg. Very good with some steel cut oatmeal and raisins.
Mmmm. Oatmeal.
The green bamboo rice is green because it's been soaked in bamboo juice, which gives it a sort of vegetal aroma while cooking. (Actually, a greenish pond scum-like film rises to the top. Skim that off.) It's a short grain rice, a little like arborio. (I actually saw two separate people buying green bamboo rice when I was at the market today...I wanted to ask if they'd read about it here, but, well, they probably didn't!)
Most of the recipes I found were savory, so I thought I'd experiment a little. Here's the result:
TROPICAL GREEN BAMBOO RICE PUDDING
1/2 lb green bamboo rice
1/2 c. sugar
1 12 oz can coconut milk (not creme de coco)
1 tsp mace
Other colorful fruits to mix in: dried cranberries, pineapple chunks, etc.
Cook the rice in 3-4 cups of water until soft and somewhat glutinous, about 15 minutes. Stir in the coconut milk, sugar, and mace; cook a few minutes more, until the mixture resembles rice pudding (which it is, after all). Let cool a little bit...serve warm (not hot) with added fruit and/or nuts -- your preference.
Up next week -- two items my husband Jim picked out (I never would've picked them! It goes to show, people's eyes will drift to totally different things....)
Dried kiwi (this stuff smells like fish!) -- Mediterranean Imports, $2.31
Red wine and shallot butter -- Ohio City Pasta, $3.75
ps -- We saw Dennis at the market this morning! He was at the falafel place. I wanted to run up and hug him but I was too shy....
Because I was so busy this week, I tried to kill two birds with one stone by making rice pudding. Green rice pudding. It was good, if you could get past the fact that it looked like Yoda's baby food. Kids would get a kick out of it...unless they're freakish picky eaters (like I was).
First, the mace. What's mace, you ask? That stuff you spray in the eyes of someone who's about to take your purse? Actually, it's the lacy outer coating of the nutmeg seed. The taste is very similar to nutmeg, but finer. Nutmeggier. It out nutmegs nutmeg. Very good with some steel cut oatmeal and raisins.
Mmmm. Oatmeal.
The green bamboo rice is green because it's been soaked in bamboo juice, which gives it a sort of vegetal aroma while cooking. (Actually, a greenish pond scum-like film rises to the top. Skim that off.) It's a short grain rice, a little like arborio. (I actually saw two separate people buying green bamboo rice when I was at the market today...I wanted to ask if they'd read about it here, but, well, they probably didn't!)
Most of the recipes I found were savory, so I thought I'd experiment a little. Here's the result:
TROPICAL GREEN BAMBOO RICE PUDDING
1/2 lb green bamboo rice
1/2 c. sugar
1 12 oz can coconut milk (not creme de coco)
1 tsp mace
Other colorful fruits to mix in: dried cranberries, pineapple chunks, etc.
Cook the rice in 3-4 cups of water until soft and somewhat glutinous, about 15 minutes. Stir in the coconut milk, sugar, and mace; cook a few minutes more, until the mixture resembles rice pudding (which it is, after all). Let cool a little bit...serve warm (not hot) with added fruit and/or nuts -- your preference.
Up next week -- two items my husband Jim picked out (I never would've picked them! It goes to show, people's eyes will drift to totally different things....)
Dried kiwi (this stuff smells like fish!) -- Mediterranean Imports, $2.31
Red wine and shallot butter -- Ohio City Pasta, $3.75
ps -- We saw Dennis at the market this morning! He was at the falafel place. I wanted to run up and hug him but I was too shy....
posted by Christine Borne at 4:56 PM
3 Comments:
Wow, that rice pudding recipe sounds good (well, all except the "Yoda's baby food" part :-) ). I may just have try that recipe myself, sounds like it would be a great start on a cold morning...
I did, in fact, make it for breakfast...it was good, but I'd suggest having some protein with it, too...I was out of energy by noon.
i saw dennis and his wife there as well. ended up picking up some dried mango, saffron rice, and a huge hunk of crusty bread.
i really don't get there enough.
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