As the saying goes, "People are iron, rice is steel, and a meal is not eaten and hungry." Rice is one of the staple foods, if you do not eat white rice for a day, you always feel that the stomach is empty and you have not eaten enough ~ ~ ~
Cooking a bowl of white rice may seem simple, but it's not enough to cook the rice! Many people cook rice without control of the amount of water, sometimes too thin like cooked porridge, sometimes too hard like undercooked.
The same is the rice cooker cooking, why is the rice cooked by others soft and soft, the particles are clear, and the taste is just right?
In fact, in addition to adding water, you can also add these 2 more, after the rice is cooked, it can be clearly grained, soft and fragrant!
Add these 2 more things to the steamed rice water
If you want to taste good, cooking details are indispensable!
1. Tao Rice
Network transmission: more than 2 times to pick rice, nutrition is lost?
Tao rice will not make nutrients lost, but will make rice cleaner.
Most of the rice on the market is polished, and the better it is polished, the less vitamin B1 is left, so the rice that is usually eaten does not have much vitamin B1.
When looking for rice, don't care if you will wash the nutrition, anyway, there is not much, it is better to wash it and then cook it.
Second, soak
After the rice is washed, do not directly add water to steam, first put it in a bowl, add an appropriate amount of water to soak for 10 minutes, let the dried rice absorb some water, become full, rice is not only softer, but also shorten the cooking time.
Third, add water
How much water should I add to the rice? It's about the softness and hardness of the rice. Now with the smart rice cooker, how much water a few cups of rice are added, all have a scale.
If it is an ordinary rice cooker, remember the proportion of rice and water. Rice: water = 1: 1.2 ~ 1.5, this ratio is the most appropriate, as long as the water is slightly higher than the rice about 1.5 to 2 cm on the line, that is, a knuckle can be, so that the rice will not be thin, nor will it be sandwiched.
Fourth, add 2 kinds of spices
In addition to adding enough water, if you want the rice to be delicious, you should also add 2 spices, that is, white vinegar, cooking oil, a few drops can be, so that the steamed rice is soft and hard, the particles are clear, the rice flavor is strong, and there will be no very thin or sticky situation.
The main ingredient of rice is starch, and white vinegar allows starch to be hydrolyzed quickly, which can make rice cook quickly. Although white vinegar has a sour taste, but with the evaporation of water vapor, the sour taste will also evaporate, and the steamed rice will not be sour.
Edible oil as far as possible to use small flavor of the oil, such as corn oil, otherwise the rice will have a smell of oil, after adding oil the rice grains are more lustrous, the grains are clear.
Tip: Cooking oil should not be added too much, otherwise it will increase the intake of oil and fat, and will also reduce the satiety of rice.
5. Risotto
Do these 4 steps, you can cover the lid and start cooking rice, each rice cooker steaming rice time is not the same, generally in 30 to 40 minutes or so, rice steamed with a shovel to mix evenly, cover the lid and simmer for another 5 minutes, the taste of rice is softer, the taste is more fragrant.
Whether it is cheap rice or expensive rice, cooked according to this method, it can be fluffy and delicious, the particles are clear, and it is very fragrant. Let's try it too.
Now many people's diet is too refined, which is easy to lead to insufficient dietary fiber intake. When cooking rice, you can add some coarse grains in moderation!
Rice with coarse grains
1. Rice + brown rice
Brown rice is rice that retains a layer of grain bark, germ and paste, and is rich in a variety of dietary fibers and minerals that can help digestion, reduce sugar conversion, and increase satiety.
2. Rice + purple rice
This combination is suitable for autumn and winter, purple rice has the benefits of replenishing blood and qi, warming the spleen and stomach, and it is a good choice for staple food.
3. Rice + oats
Oats are more nutritious than rice, and most importantly, they are rich in dietary fiber and multi-grain vitamins.
4. Rice + millet
Millet is rich in nutrients, of which protein, fat, carbohydrates and other major nutrients are high. Because millet is very easy to digest and absorb by the human body, it is called "health rice" by nutrition experts.
5. Rice + red beans
Red beans contain a lot of potassium and are among the top three foods in nature in terms of potassium content. The ratio is about 1:4, and it is also possible to use an ordinary rice cooker to steam rice regularly.
6. Rice + yam
The taste of yam is soft and sticky, easy to digest, and can play a good conditioning effect for people with bad stomach.
7. Rice + sweet potatoes
Sweet potatoes contain dietary fiber, which stimulates intestinal peristalsis and aids in bowel movements.
Tips:
(1) Coarse grains need to be soaked in advance, at the general room temperature (25 °C), soaked for 30 minutes, if the water temperature is low when it is cold, it can be appropriately extended to 50 minutes;
(2) Many elderly people will have functional indigestion, for example, eating is easy to bloat, burp, do not digest, for these people, pay attention to the intake of coarse grains can not be more.
In addition, eating also needs to be accompanied by other vegetables, so as to achieve the best food supplement effect.
Edited by / Huang Qianwen
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