Microbial community and health benefits of Traditional soaked Rice (Panta Bhat) in Bangladesh
Malnutrition is a major underlying cause of mortality in children and women in low and middle-income countries, like Bangladesh. This is mostly due to the poor dietary diversity and where rice is the main staple food.  This preliminary study has explored the potential for increased nutritional and health benefits from soaking rice in the traditional Bangladeshi style of traditional soaked rice Panta Bhat for its nutritional value and microbiome contents for possible nutritional and health benefits.