Raw Rice

This is a recipe for raw "rice" by David Jubb on Disc 2 of Raw for Life - The Ultimate Encyclopedia of the Raw Food Lifestyle. Firstly, what is up with David flaunting his beer belly in that all-too-tight t-shirt and his gut hanging out?!...*Creeps*

The original recipe calls for Jicama root, which I have replaced with sweet potato, since I have no idea what Jicama root is or tastes like. It just looked like a hard meaty root with a texture similar to yams, and hence the substitution. I'm not entirely sure we can eat yams/sweet potatoes/potatoes etc raw - but its not killed me yet, so its only made me stronger!

I tried this last night and its sooo filling and delicious! It keeps very well in the fridge - I just had the leftovers a couple of hours ago. I used just one sweet potato and less than a quarter of a large cauliflower as the base - which was more than enough for one person. The below recipe has serving portions for an entire family.

Raw Rice

Servings: One HUGE bowl for a family of four!

Ingredients:

• 1 cauliflower
• 1 sweet potato/yam (About the same weight as the cauliflower)
• 1/4 of an onion
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
• 1 cup of olive oil
• 1 Lemon
• Bunch of coriander
• Sea salt, per taste

To make:

Peel the sweet potato/yam. Chop into rough sized pieces and blitz in a blender. You want a fluffy chunky consistency - Do not turn into a fine powder or mush. Transfer this into a bowl.
Add lemon juice and zest to preserve flavour.
Blitz the cauliflower in a blender into a chunky consistency.
Add this to your mix and toss lightly.

Chop the onion and coriander (don't discard the stalks as they have a sweet crunch to them) finely and add to the bowl.

Add olive oil. Toss with your hands.

Top off with sunflower seeds.

It may not be rice, but you'll definitely love the taste and get your fill of starch - and no cooking involved!