Injunction for ghee on rice?

[Gauracandra]

A few days ago I had dinner at an indian friend's house. The wife was serving us rice with subji. She put rice on my plate and then I took that to eat, but she said first she had to put ghee on the rice. I was like "No, thats ok. Its alright". But she was insistent. She said actually it was considered an offense to eat rice without ghee. Seems a bit odd. I was wondering if anyone else has heard of this injunction before?

[Shashi]

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

A few days ago I had dinner at an indian friend's house. The wife was serving us rice with subji. She put rice on my plate and then I took that to eat, but she said first she had to put ghee on the rice. I was like "No, thats ok. Its alright". But she was insistent. She said actually it was considered an offense to eat rice without ghee. Seems a bit odd. I was wondering if anyone else has heard of this injunction before?

 

As far as I am knowing the white rice digestion is having very high glycemic index and I am thinking eating with ghee is slowing it down. Thus it is offending pancreas and the hormone situation less.

 

[Gauracandra]

So I guess its ok for me to eat plain rice then. It is probably more of a custom than a sastric requirement. I mean, sure rice with butter tastes better, but plain rice isn't bad either

[atma]

I'm sure that I read it in one of the books for deity worship that you can't offer rice without ghee to the Lord. Maybe in the Ayur veda said something too.

[Jahnava Nitai Das]

In South Indian temples ghee rice is a distinct offering to the deity from plain rice, and both are required.

 

[Tarun]

Upon joining ISKCON, Brahmacari Bill (later BBT's Mahendra dAs) told me:

"Rice is a filler. Other preps may be fancy. Rice should be plain."

What about butter &/or salt on rice?

1971's mad-dancing SanskRtist BhIma dAs would often repeat:

"Rice is nice, but KRSNa's nicer."