In general, long glutinous rice is good.

Long glutinous rice, as the name implies, is long and thin grains of rice, the color is pinkish white opaque, sticky, hard taste, starch content is less than round glutinous rice. Long glutinous rice is indica-type glutinous rice processing, referred to as indica glutinous rice, its growth area in the south, due to the warm climate, the growth rate is relatively fast, the growth cycle is short, only 4 ~ 6 months to mature, so you can grow 2 ~ 3 seasons a year.

Although the growth cycle is short, the taste of long glutinous rice is still very good, sticky, and can keep its shape well after cooking, crystal clear, more versatile than round glutinous rice. In addition to making soup dumplings, rice wine, yellow wine and rice, long glutinous rice is also suitable for wrapping rice dumplings, rice cakes and making balls. The glutinous rice on the surface of pearl balls is long glutinous rice.

Long glutinous rice is indica glutinous rice, mainly from the south, because it is strong water absorption, expansion degree is larger, the rice rate is relatively high, but viscosity is small. However, long glutinous rice is hard, after many times of heating the shape will not change, the texture will not become soft, plastic effect is good.

Selection of glutinous rice tips

1, look at the color

The color of glutinous rice is milky white, opaque, which is the normal glutinous rice. Because the price of glutinous rice is expensive, so some merchants will be rice mixed in the glutinous rice to sell, buy with a hand grab a hand, if you find a lot of transparent rice particles, do not buy, is mixed with fake glutinous rice.

2, look at the texture

Break the sticky rice with your hand, if it is not easy to break, indicating that the hardness is high, the protein content is relatively high, so that the quality of the sticky rice is good. If you break it gently, it means that it has been put for a long time, and it is old rice.

3, smell

Fresh glutinous rice, there is a strong smell of rice, grab a handful of smell, if the rice flavor is very light, or no rice flavor, do not buy, the quality is certainly not good.