Hello everyone, I am a little Han who loves to make food. With the improvement of living standards, we are paying more and more attention to the relationship between diet and health, because most of the nutrients are obtained from diet. But do we really know anything about the foods we usually eat? In the days to come, I will introduce you to the ingredients we need in our daily lives one by one. Hope it helps our lives and health.
Today we will take a look at the ingredient we often eat, "purple rice".
Purple rice is also called purple glutinous rice, elderberry glutinous rice, purple pearl. Purple rice is a variety of rice, because the milled rice grains are slender purple, so called purple rice, it belongs to the glutinous rice class, only Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Hubei Enshi, etc. have a small amount of cultivation, is a more precious rice variety, divided into purple japonica, purple glutinous two.
Purple rice particles are uniform, the color is purple and black, the taste is sweet, sweet but not greasy. Its main nutritional components are lysine, tryptophan, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, folic acid, protein, fat and other nutrients, as well as iron, zinc, calcium, phosphorus and other mineral elements required by the human body.
Purple rice has the effect of tonifying blood and nourishing qi, warming the spleen and stomach, in addition, the waxy purple rice grains are large and full, and the stickiness is strong. Moreover, the purple rice is fragrant, shiny, soft and delicious, and the nutritional value and medicinal value are relatively high. Folk as a tonic, there are purple glutinous rice or "medicine valley" known.
Purple rice due to the restrictions of the place of origin, the yield is small, the value is high, the purple rice sold in the market is mostly black rice (10% black rice plus glutinous rice) or black rice added 3-5% of pure natural purple rice is not pure purple rice.
Let's talk about how to buy purple rice:
Pure purple rice grains are slender and full and uniform. The appearance color is purple-white or purple-white with small purple blocks. Washed with water the color is black (actually purple). Grasping by hand will leave a purple-black color in the fingers. The grains of rice are still purple-white after scraping the patches of color on the grains with their fingernails. After the pure purple rice is boiled, the color is crystal clear, translucent, and the waxiness is strong (sticky), and after steaming, it can make the broken rice repeat. The entrance is sweet and delicate, and the taste is very good.
The appearance of black rice is bright, and the black wraps the whole grain of rice. After scraping the patch with a fingernail, the color of the rice grain is the same as that of rice.
In life, we often can't distinguish between black rice and purple rice, and many friends mistakenly think that black rice is purple rice.
In fact, purple rice is not black rice, and purple rice is not black glutinous rice, and the two should not be confused. Both are treasures in rice, one of the internationally popular "health foods". Compared with ordinary rice, black rice and purple rice not only have a fairly high protein content and complete essential amino acids, but also contain a large number of natural black rice pigments, a variety of trace elements and vitamins, especially rich in iron, selenium, zinc, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and so on.
The preservation method of purple rice is the same as that of black rice:
1, anaerobic preservation method: we put the purple rice to be stored in a ventilated place to spread out and dry, put it in a clean plastic bucket, (we usually drink a large plastic bottle of drinks, brush it clean, dry. Placed in a cool, dry place so that purple rice can be stored for a long time, it is a good choice.
2, Peppercorn preservation method: Since peppercorn is a natural antioxidant, it has an insect repellent effect. We first put 20 to 30 peppercorns in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water to boil, cook out the aroma of peppercorns, put the rice pocket into the peppercorn water soaked, take it out to dry, and then pour the purple rice into the pocket. Then wrap a few small packets of peppercorns with gauze, place them on the top, middle and bottom of the rice bag, tie the mouth of the bag, and put the rice bag in a cool and ventilated place, so that the preservation of purple rice is also very good, and it can also effectively prevent insects.
Let's talk about the precautions when eating purple rice:
1, purple rice has a coat, it is difficult to cook, it is recommended to soak for 5-7 hours. Purple rice is rich in pure natural nutritional colors and tryptophan, and can be gently washed in cold water without rubbing. Soaking will cause discoloration, soaked water should not be poured off and steamed with purple rice to avoid nutrient loss.
2, purple rice and white rice together steamed or boiled, according to the ratio of 1:3 (that is, a quarter of the purple rice and three-quarters of the white rice), you can also add an appropriate amount of black beans, peanuts, red dates, etc. according to personal preferences, cook rice with a pressure cooker, after cooking out of the aroma, the taste is very good. In addition, purple rice can also be wrapped in rice dumplings, snacks, tangyuan, bread, purple rice wine, etc.
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