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3D food printing of balanced vegetarian dishes from rice and lentil flours
Key Points
Rice and lentils are a pairing that goes a long way back, whether as khichdi in India or mujaddara in the Middle East. On its own, each is a source of incomplete protein, short on certain essential amino acids—but paired together, they fill each other's gaps, and lentils also blunt white rice's high glycemic index.
Rice and lentils are a pairing that goes a long way back, whether as khichdi in India or mujaddara in the Middle East. On its own, each is a source of incomplete protein, short on certain essential amino acids—but paired together, they fill each other's gaps, and lentils also blunt white rice's high glycemic index.