Japonica rice is also called rice, Hard rice, its taste sweet, sex flat, to the spleen, stomach, can be used to cook or porridge, food value as well as medicinal value is very high, we are in the choice of round-grained rice, mainly to the grain is large, full, greenish-white color, there are fine longitudinal lines for the best.
Effects and functions of round-grained rice
Japonica rice is rich in protein, amino acids, fat, calcium and phosphorus, iron and B vitamins, extracts of round-grained rice has a certain anti-tumor effect, such as hepatocellular carcinoma has an inhibitory effect.
Its rich in protein, fat, can lower cholesterol, reduce the incidence of heart disease, hypertension, promote metabolism, improve the body's immune function, Japonica rice can also be a treatment for a variety of digestive disorders, such as indigestion, diverticulitis.
The crude fiber content of the rice bran layer, by helping gastrointestinal peristalsis, can relieve constipation, Japonica rice contains a large amount of starch, the human body is slow to absorb, can be slowly released through the blood glucose, conducive to diabetic patients to control blood glucose concentration, to a certain extent, can be predetermined diabetes.
Japonica rice eating method
1, red dates Japonica rice porridge: Japonica rice washed into the pot, red dates washed into the, add water to the scale, choose the porridge function, the time to open the lid, simmering congee, sheng into a bowl to add a little brown sugar can be.
2, lily round-grained rice porridge: pot to add the right amount of water, with the fire boiled, round-grained rice rinsed with water into the pot of boiling water, and then into the right amount of wolfberries, high-flame cooking, cooking to the pot of rice blossoms, add fresh lily, continue to cook about 5 minutes in low heat to the lily can be cooked.
Japonica rice eating taboos
Japonica rice is high in sugar, diabetic patients should be careful to eat, so as not to lead to elevated blood sugar levels, not conducive to the control of the disease, Japonica rice is often porridge to eat, pay attention to the production of rice porridge, do not add alkali, or it will destroy the Vitamin B1 in the Japonica, leading to the lack of B1, and thus the emergence of pediculosis.