HOW to MAKE and COOK GABA / GBR Brown RICE in Clay Pot Rice Cooker?

Germinated brown rice, often referred to as GABA or GBR rice, is a nutrient-rich alternative to traditional rice grains. The sprouting process boosts its nutritional content, making it sweeter, softer, and more beneficial for your health. During this process, essential nutrients like vitamin E, magnesium, vitamins B1 and B6, potassium, zinc, and especially the amino acid GABA, significantly increase.

GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that helps reduce nervous system activity by blocking certain brain signals, resulting in a calming effect. While GABA supplements are popular for stress relief, anxiety, high blood pressure, and insomnia, it's unclear how much of the supplement reaches the brain.

Consuming GABA rice offers various health benefits, including regulating sleep cycles, balancing mood, boosting the immune system, and potentially preventing conditions such as hypertension, high cholesterol, kidney failure, diabetes, tumor growth, and Alzheimer’s disease. Made by germinating short-grain brown rice and halting the process before the kernel fully sprouts, GABA rice has a softer texture, a sweeter, nutty flavor, and naturally contains GABA, which may have calming effects on the brain.

Here are some steps for making GABA /GBR germinated or sprouted brown rice in your vitaclay clay pot rice cooker: 

1. Rinse organic 2 cups of brown rice well and cover with 1 inch of purified water in your vitaclay clay pot rice cooker. Leave the cooker cover open and let it soak. Change water every 6-8 hours as needed. Don't rinse too much, as this could remove the embryos needed for germination.
2. Germinate
3. After 16–48 hours, the rice should start to sprout tiny buds.
4. Drain and rinse the rice. Add 2- 2 1//2 cups water to your vita clay pot rice cooker. Set on "regular" or white rice setting to cook. 

 

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