The easiest and best kept secret for beneficial health, hair and skin is rich starch water. Rich starch is a rich source of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and amino acid.
Benefits:
1) It soothes skin conditions in sensitive skin.
2) It controls ageing effect and adds glow to skin
3) It is a good hair cleanser which can make hair smooth soft and frizz free.
4) Inclusion of rice startch in food can prevent gastric ailments, nausea and stomach infection.
5) It’s a traditional practice in india to soak feet of child in rice startch water to give it strength for walking.
Such a wonder healthy and beneficial ingredient is also the choice of Aishwarya Rai for her healthy and radiant skin.
Method:
1) In a large vessel, soak a cup of uncooked rice and leave for about half an hour. Strain the water- this is rice water.
2) In a cooker, boil rice in twice the amount of cooking water that you normally use for cooking. When it is half cooked, strain out the waterand use as rice water.