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Korean Purple Rice or Black Rice (Heukmi Bap)

Korean Purple Rice usually refers to Korean rice that is cooked with black rice which gives it the pretty purple color. Besides giving the rice this beautiful purple hue, black rice adds extra nutty flavor and has great health benefits.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 398 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Korean

Ingredients

  • 2 cup short grain white rice (here 1 cup = 180ml rice cup)
  • 1 Tbsp black sweet rice (chal heukmi 찰흑미)
  • 2 cup water

Instructions

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  1. In the pot, measure and add white rice and black rice.
  2. Rinse rice by adding water until rice is totally immersed and there's extra water on top. Wash rice well with your hands as if needing a dough. Slowly drain rice water out without spilling the rice out. Repeat at least 1 -2 more times. 
  3. With all the excess water drained and discarded, add fresh water into the pot.
If using a rice cooker -
  1. fill water to regular rice water line. Rule of thumb in cooking rice is 1:1 rice to water ratio.
  2. Set rice cooker to regular rice cooking time. It was 45 min. on my Cuchen rice cooker.
If using an Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker
  1. Add same amount of water as the rice. e.g. If total of black and white rice is 2 cups, then add 2 cups water.
  2. Set IP to manual HIGH to 9 minutes. Let it natural release for at least 5 min. then you can manually release. If you add more black rice, increase the cooking time. 
When rice is cooked, fluff rice with rice spatula (주걱 jugeok) to prevent it from caking.

Notes

  • Use glutinous black rice or wild sweet black rice for a slight sweet flavor and chewy texture.
  • But if using a regular rice cooker (not a pressure cooker), soak black rice for 30 min before cooking.
  • Adjust amount of black rice to taste. For softer and gentler rice and lighter purpler color, add less black rice. For more health benefit and more chewy rice, add more black rice.
  • FREEZE leftovers and reheat in microwave for 1 - 2 min. and it's better than Haetban!
  • Reuse rice water - read more at 7 uses for rice water

Nutrition Information

Calories 398kcal (20%) Carbohydrates 87g (29%) Protein 7g (14%) Fat 1g (2%) Sodium 7mg (0%) Potassium 76mg (2%) Fiber 3g (12%) Calcium 7mg (1%) Iron 4.2mg (23%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 398

% Daily Value*

Calories 398kcal 20%
Carbohydrates 87g 29%
Protein 7g 14%
Fat 1g 2%
Sodium 7mg 0%
Potassium 76mg 2%
Fiber 3g 12%
Calcium 7mg 1%
Iron 4.2mg 23%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.