Indica and japonica rice are more common coarse grains, nutritional value are relatively high, and even some people think it is the same kind of rice, there is a certain difference between them, first of all, they are different varieties of raw materials, and secondly, from the appearance of a closer look at will also be different. From the taste, the northern people prefer to eat round-grained rice, while the southern people prefer to eat indica rice. In terms of taste and nutritional composition of the difference is also relatively large.

Japonica rice and indica rice difference

1, the original grain varieties

In botany, rice belongs to this family of rice, belongs to the common cultivated rice subgenus of common rice subspecies, divided into indica rice and japonica rice. Indica rice is processed from indica rice, japonica rice is processed from japonica rice.

Indica rice grain shape is longer, length is more than 3 times the width, flat, velvet short and sparse, generally awnless, thinner hulls, abdominal white larger, less hard grains, easy to break during processing, lower rate of rice. Japonica rice grain shape larger short cut, the length is about 2 times the width, velvet long and dense, awn longer, thicker hull, white small or no, hard grain more, high rate of rice.

2, the appearance of shape

indica rice is generally long oval or elongated, japonica rice grain is oval, although indica rice is also oval, but not as round as japonica rice.

3, on the broken rice requirements

indica rice processing is easy to produce broken rice, so the broken rice content requirements are different. The standard of broken rice of fine round-grained rice is not more than 15%, and the standard of broken rice of excellent indica rice is not more than 30%.

4, nutritional composition and taste

Indica and japonica rice nutritional composition and taste has a big difference. The protein content of indica rice is more than 8%, japonica rice is only 7%; the consistency of japonica rice is required to be more than 70, indica rice is only required to be more than 60. Therefore, japonica rice is obviously more viscous than indica rice. Indica rice is suitable for making dry rice, and japonica rice is suitable for making thin rice. Indica and Japonica rice have good medicinal effects when combined with other medicines. Japonica rice has some antihypertensive and lipid-lowering effects, while indica rice has the effect of warming the stomach and helping the yang.

Japonica rice and indica rice which is delicious

Southern people are used to eating indica rice, northern people prefer japonica rice, these two kinds of rice who is better. Indica rice common Thai rice, Chinese rice and so on. Grain on the look, the grain shape is long and slightly flat. Japonica rice is common crystal rice, northeastern rice, pearl rice, etc., the grain is short and broad, oval or ovoid. Both types of rice have early and late rice, and the quality and taste are better than early rice. Two kinds of rice, round-grained rice is suitable for porridge, have spleen, and stomach, nourishing effect, suitable for the weak stomach after illness. Indica rice is suitable for steaming rice, rice rate is high.

The effect and role of indica rice

The indica rice is more rough to help digestion and constipation because of indica rice is easy to crush, therefore, indica rice, especially early indica rice most of the processing times are fewer, better preserved the "original flavor", which also led to the indica rice powder more, after cooking rice grain loose, taste more rough, but easy to digest.

"The protein, fat and vitamin content of indica rice is more than that of japonica rice." Zhou Susanna Zhen said, rice bran layer of crude fiber molecules help gastrointestinal peristalsis, gastric disorders, constipation, hemorrhoids and other digestive disorders effectively, which the B vitamins, is to prevent foot fungus, eliminate oral inflammation of the important therapeutic resources." Brown rice can lower cholesterol and reduce the incidence of heart disease, diabetes and stroke compared to refined rice."