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3D food printing of balanced vegetarian dishes from rice and lentil flours

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...

3D food printing of balanced vegetarian dishes from rice and lentil flours
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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.

Originally published at Phys.org

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