Amazake is produced by combining cooked whole grain brown rice with koji spores and fermenting it for several hours.
Fermented foods like amazake might benefit your stomach if you don’t digest food well.
The enzymes in amaze help break down fats, complex carbohydrates, and proteins for your body to use. It also helps to eliminate toxins.
Brown rice retains the bran and germ of the rice with contains B- complex vitamins, Thiamin, Niacin, Vitamin E and fiber.
Brown rice also serves as a good source of iron, zinc, potassium,calcium, manganese, and magnesium.
Amazake contains about 50% complex sugars and 50% simple sugars, so it provides a quick long-lasting energy witch makes a dairy-free alternative for a sports drink before and after excessive.
The amino-acids readily available from the fermentation process adds quick digestive proteins.
It is normally consumes as a drink, mixed with fresh fruit or diluted with hot water as a comforting winter warmer.
Is an excellent nourishing baby food. Can be used to add sweetness and creaminess in making of desserts, pancakes, and waffles.For a hardy winter breakfast, just heat the amazake gently and serve with a hint of ginger or dilute with water and serve hot for a wholesome, warming drink. As a sweetener, amazake is a natural in puddings, pie fillings, and custards. It adds a rich, moist quality to breads, scones, pancakes, waffles, cakes and cookies. Use amazake to add body and mild sweetness to salad dressings
AmazakRaspberry Smoothie
50 ml Amazaki (3 Tbsp)
12 Raspberries
50ml water or any nut milk of choice
Place everything in a blender and blend till smooth.
Variations: any mixture of local seasonal fruit.