Believe everyone knows the TV series "Red Sorghum", whether it is Zhou Xun, Zhu Yawen version or Gong Li, Jiang Wen version are impressive, this TV series is adapted from Mo Yan's "Red Sorghum Family", the story background takes place in the shandong land rich in red sorghum, the book takes red sorghum as the name, it can be seen that this crop is very important in the local area.
So what kind of crop is sorghum?
Sorghum rice is a granular finished grain after the sorghum has been milled to remove the cortex. Sorghum is also known as red grain, Shu Millet, ancient called Shu Zhi. The main production areas are concentrated in the northeast region, the eastern part of Inner Mongolia and the hilly mountains of the southwest region.
There are five kinds of sorghum grains: yellow, red, black, white or off-white, and light brown. Red sorghum is mainly used to make wine, and Famous Chinese wines such as Maotai, Wuliangye, Luzhou Laojiao, Fenjiu, etc. all use red sorghum as the main raw material.
The protein, vitamin and mineral content of sorghum is not low, of which vitamin B1, niacin, vitamin B6, iron, etc. all reach more than 20% of the nutrient reference value. If you let it "marry" with other grains and cereals, the nutrition will be 1+1>2.
Expert advice: For this kind of "rough" food, it is very suitable for making snacks to eat. For people with slightly poor gastrointestinal function, you can try to make some sorghum soup, such as adding a little sorghum when making white ear soup or corn soup, which can make the soup that is already very nutritious add some rich taste.
It can be made of laba porridge, sorghum rice dumplings, sorghum soybean milk, sorghum rice dumplings, sorghum wild vegetable nests and so on.