Practice guide of monascus:
1. Monascus rice is widely used in cooking, which can be used for cooking and dyeing, such as making Jiangsu famous dishes cherry meat and Wuxi ribs;
2. It can be used to make barbecue, sauce and marinated food, such as Guangdong barbecued pork and some brine;
3. It can be used to color sausages and compound flavors such as sweet and sour and western-style fruit juice.
4. Monascus rice is often used to make porridge rice, pasta, fermented bean curd, cakes, sweets and preserves.
Nutritional value of monascus powder
1. Modern medical research reports found that lovastatin is the main active ingredient in monascus, which can reduce total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglyceride (TG) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C), thus lowering blood pressure and blood lipid.
2. Compared with the chemically synthesized red pigment, monascus has the advantages of non-toxicity and safety, and also has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting digestion, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis;