Black glutinous rice is not coarse grain.

Black glutinous rice is purple rice, purple rice is a variety of rice, belonging to the glutinous rice category, only Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan has a small amount of cultivation, is a more precious rice varieties, divided into purple Japonica, purple glutinous two kinds. Purple rice particles uniform, purple and black color, taste sweet, sweet but not greasy.

Black glutinous rice is known as the "black pearl", rice plants, is with purple-red seed coat of rice, because the rice quality has glutinous, so also known as blood glutinous rice. Black glutinous rice has a high nutritional value, in addition to protein, fat, carbohydrates, but also rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, B2 and so on. Black glutinous rice has blood nourishing effect, often eaten can be fitness, can also be soaked in wine.

Eating guide

Purple rice is easy to eat directly due to its viscosity leading to gastrointestinal indigestion, if you add lotus seeds, cereals or with white rice in the ratio of 3:1 together with the mix, you can avoid gastrointestinal problems. According to Chinese medicine, glutinous rice is sweet and warm, into the spleen, kidney and lung meridian, has the benefit of qi and spleen, the role of sweat. Therefore, the summer diet is concerned about regulating the spleen and stomach, eat some glutinous rice is very beneficial.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - black glutinous rice