Because purple rice is rich in pure natural nutritional pigments and tryptophan, under the water cleaning or soaking will appear color loss phenomenon (nutritional loss), therefore, should not be hard to scrub, soak the water along with the purple rice together with the steamed food.

Purple rice is a kind of rice, because of the milled grains of rice is purple, so the name. It belongs to the category of glutinous rice, divided into two kinds of purple Japonica, purple glutinous, folk like to make eight treasures in the festivals and celebrations to eat, flavor, slightly sweet, sticky and not greasy.

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Purple rice effect

1, purple rice nutritional value and medicinal value are relatively high, there is a blood, spleen, and treatment of neurasthenia and other roles.

2, purple rice has nourishing Yin tonic kidney, spleen and liver warming, blood and gas, increase wisdom and brain, enhance metabolism, eyesight and blood, for pregnant women, maternal deficiency and health functions. Among them, contains vitamin B1, B2, B6, B12, iron, calcium, phosphorus, selenium, magnesium, copper, zinc and other trace elements are high.

3, purple rice contains anthocyanins similar to those found in blackberries and blueberries, which have antioxidant properties.

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