Indian mushroom is the most useful of all known drinking mushrooms. Its other name is Indian sea rice, outwardly it looks like translucent grains of rice. The taste of sea rice resembles a slightly carbonated kvass, but it can acquire a special flavor depending on what it is "fed" with. It is grown in a jar, like kombucha.
It is necessary
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- clean water (unboiled
- filtered);
- glass jar;
- gauze;
- sugar;
- raisins
- figs
- prunes
- dried apricots or other dried fruits in small quantities;
- crackers.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare the sugar solution first. To do this, take 2-3 tbsp for 1 liter of unboiled filtered cold water. Sahara. Accordingly, for 3 liters of water you need to take 6-9 tablespoons. Sahara. You can add brown cane sugar to make the mushroom much tastier. In this case, the sugar must completely dissolve in the water, because if sugar grains get on the "rice", the sea mushroom can get sick.
Step 2
Place the Indian rice in a jar. You need to put 3-4 tablespoons on a liter jar, and 9 tablespoons on a three-liter jar. sea rice. Place excess (overgrown) Indian rice in a glass container, without adding water, under the lid. Thus, you can keep it in the refrigerator for a long time.
Step 3
Add raisins to the Indian mushroom jar. For a liter jar, 5-10 raisins are enough, and for a three-liter jar, respectively, 15-30 raisins. Dark seedless raisins are best added, but prunes, apricots, figs, apples, and other dried fruits (of your choice) can be used.
Step 4
Place the jar for infusing the mushroom in a bright place, where it is dry enough, moderately warm and there is no direct sunlight. Insist it for 3 days (in the summer - 2 days). After that, remove the gauze and using a slotted spoon or an ordinary spoon, remove the dead "rice" and raisins that have emerged from the surface of the mushroom.
Step 5
Strain the infusion through a sieve or four layers of cheesecloth into a clean jar. Rinse strained Indian rice thoroughly with clean water at room temperature, having previously allowed it to settle from chlorine. The mushroom can be seasoned again.
Step 6
You can determine the readiness of the Indian rice infusion for yourself in accordance with your taste preferences. If you prefer more acidic drinks, let the Indian rice steep for a longer time. For 3 days, the drink acquires a more intense and sour taste. Within 2 days of infusion, they will give a sweeter and softer taste.
Step 7
It is advisable to have 2 servings of sea rice: while one portion of the drink is infused, the second will "rest" in the refrigerator in a glass container. It is advisable to consume the healing infusion of Indian rice regularly from three times a day, 10-20 minutes before meals. You can also drink this drink and, if desired, between meals, instead of coffee, tea, carbonated drinks. You will feel changes in your well-being in 3-4 weeks.
