7 Health Benefits of Fermented Rice You Need To Know

Fermented rice is a part and parcel of the daily diet of farmers and laborers in India involved in intense physical activity, especially in the southern parts. If you are a person born and brought up in a village in South India, you may have nostalgic memories of having had fermented rice for breakfast along with the rice water, mixed with buttermilk and salt, and accompanied with onion shallots and a bite of green chilly.

This humble food is simply delicious, and this is my go-to food for breakfast on hot summer mornings. It tastes delicious and is very light on the stomach and you will feel rejuvenated.

Fermented rice is called “Pazhaya saadam” in Tamil, “Vellachoru” in Malayalam, and “Chaddannam” in Telugu. The rice water is called “Neeragaram” in Tamil.