Go on a diet? Does this mean stop eating your favorite food, rice? If yes, then read on to find out a healthy way to keep rice in your diet. The answer is to go traditional. Eat what was eaten for thousands of years before machines were invented. Substitute Sona Masuri’s pale hand-pounded rice for the ubiquitous polished rice. Eat rice that has all the nutrients intact. Eat hand-ground rice, the way our ancestors ate it.

Hand-Polished Rice is dug by hand, so only the tough outer protective layer, the husk, is removed. It is edible and contains all the nutrients provided by nature. It is pounded by hand with a mortar and pestle and fanned to produce a pale, off-white rice. This type of whole grain cereal is a complex carbohydrate and has a slightly nutty flavor. It is full of fiber and can take longer to cook. However, with pressure cookers at hand; It’s an easy task to turn hand-pounded rice into an instantly nutritious and enjoyable food.

Benefits of Consuming Sona Masuri Hand Pounded Rice:

• With a low glycemic index, it takes a long time to digest, leaving you feeling fuller for longer, which helps keep hunger at bay.

• The presence of fiber helps digestion

• Protein is quickly absorbed and easily assimilated

• Contains essential nutrients such as Manganese, Tryptophan among others.

• Selenium in hand-pounded rice reduces the risk of colon cancer

• The presence of amino acids helps reduce fatty liver

• Reduces cholesterol and accelerates fat burning making you slimmer

• Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease

• Avoid spikes in sugar levels. It can also be consumed by people with diabetes.

• The presence of vitamin E makes it an antiaging agent.

• Helps regulate blood pressure

• Insoluble fibers help prevent the formation of gallstones

While planning your diet, combine Sona Masuri with your favorite dal to make a healthy meal. Organically grown without adulteration it can do wonders for your health. Produced and cultivated by natural methods, Sona Masuri is rich in protein, vitamin B and vitamin E and iron along with various minerals.

A diet consisting of hand-crushed white cake will keep you physically and mentally healthy. Interestingly, Ayurveda suggests many rice-based diet plans that are used to treat various imbalances in the body. Eating the right amount of hand-pounded natural foods with your favorite accompaniment is a meal that is easily digestible and provides you with essential amino acids, the building blocks of protein. As you continue with your diet, you will notice a change in your body that will make you more active.

While this is an introduction to the benefits hand-pounded rice offers when included in your diet, we would also like to hear from you how organic hand-pounded rice has helped you. Any interesting recipe that has improved the flavor and has been appreciated is welcome to be shared.