Red rice

Rice is our staple food and there isn’t any food talk without talking about rice! As you may know by now, there are more than 40.000 types of rice in the world but I eat mostly red rice. I know where to find the best kind and there is plenty in Madagascar. We cook rice in so many different ways but I like it when it is possible to separate the grains when it’s cooked. 

• I eat rice everyday to accompany my meal and I eat it with beans and vegetables.
• We also make a kind of rice soup (vary sosoa) that I prefer to eat with honey
•  I use it for salads and for a pudding called Koba.

I wrote a song based on Koba recipe in my album Soul Makassar to bring this traditional famous dessert back on fancy restaurant menus!
When travelling, I bring my red rice with me and sometimes, I mix it with black rice that I find in health food store these days. Rice provides lots of energy. You will benefit from learning how to cook it properly and have it on your diet.

I also like to drink the ranon'apango, which is basically the rice water that comes out after it is cooked. That is the drink we have on the table!