Why should you take left over rice (Pazhaya Soru) | Dr Pal

Traditionally rice is cooked in the afternoon and excess water is drained. After the rice cools down to room temperature, it is soaked fully in water and stored in an earthen clay pot. This covered pot with soaked rice is left overnight at regular room temperature. The rice would ferment by the next morning and is eaten for breakfast. The lactic acid bacteria break down the anti-nutritional factors in rice resulting in an improved bioavailability of micro-nutrients and minerals such as iron, potassium and calcium. For example, after 12 hours of fermentation of 100 grams of rice, the availability of iron changed from 3.4 mg to . --- Dr. Palaniappan Manickam MD, MPH Internal Medicine | Gastroenterology | Epidemiologist --- For Tamil videos, please subscribe to my Tamil channel: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: Join us on Telegram: Email: askdocpal@ If you want to donate to AISHWARYAM TRUST, here are the details. Website: Bank: Indian bank, Thirunagar branch, Madurai Account name: AISHWARYAM TRUST Account number: 6639017788 IFSC: IDIB000T032