Wild rice so-- erm. I mean Black Japonica soup.

Someone went and did something stupid. I couldn't find the wild rice brand I wanted, so I asked a random and picked up the bag of rice (that I purchased) and said its cheaper and tastes the same.

I started cooking my soup today.
I put the Japonica into the water.
I walked away to go get the chicken bouillon.
I turned back to the pot and saw this:



Pitch black water. I stared at it for a while thinking Tim Curry would pop out of it (think 'Fern Gully'), decided to take a picture of it then googled the shit out of "Black Japonica" and I got this:

http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Black_japonica_rice

So, do I make this rice into a thicker soup? Or should I go to the grocery store and buy actual wild rice?

The dangerous side of me wants to try and make this Asian rice into an amazing soup.
But the Indian in me is getting very pissed off.


UPDATE!!: The soup is possibly the best I've made, ever. And its better than any 'wild rice' soup I've had. Yes, even better than Lund's. I think its the local heavy whipping cream I used. Mmmmmm.