Description
This variety of rice, native to Kerela is highly acclaimed in the ancient texts of India for its medicianal and nutritional values.
It is believed to have medicinal properties to rectify the basic ailments affecting the respiratory, circulatory, nervous as well as the digestive system.
Navara rice has a wide range of benefits. Boiled Navara is a good weaning food for infants, particularly those with low birth weight. Broth made by adding Navara rice to meat is recommended to pregnant women as it increases the weight of the foetus. Cooked with milk and herbs, it can treat internal wounds. Navara rice bran oil is used for a wide range of aches and painful conditions like the cervical spondylosis, low back ache, paralysis, rheumatoid arthritis. Ayurvedic doctors effectively use Navara rice paste, lepanam, to treat psoriasis. The paste is also an excellent remedy for skin lesions. Rice gruel made of Navara is considered beneficial in preventing various diseases and is also considered a safe food for diabetics.
Powdered Navara is often mixed with milk and is consumed as porridge. During winter season recipes prepared of Navara rice is known to have a positive effect on building immunity.
- Navara rice gruel made with milk helps in improving lactation.
- Loaded with Vitamin C, Njavara also boosts the immune system
- Rich in antioxidants.
- High in proteins and rich in fiber content as compared to other rice varieties.Thus, it aids in digestion.
- It is rich in flavonoids and oryzanol which possess anti-inflammatory activity.
