Mixed grain rice should be soaked 4 hours in advance.

Mixed grain rice is less resistant to water and does not need too long to soak, the room temperature is lower in winter, soaking coarse grains can be placed outside the refrigerator to complete. Summer room temperature is too high, soaking process is easy to reproduce microorganisms and change the flavor, soaking mixed grain rice need to be placed in the refrigerator.

Mixed grains are usually grain and bean crops other than the five major crops of rice, wheat, corn, soybeans and potatoes. The main ones are: sorghum, grain, buckwheat (sweet buckwheat, buckwheat), oats (Avena sativa), barley, millets, millet, Job's tears, seed amaranth, and kidney beans (kidney beans), mung beans, pinto beans (red pinto beans, adzuki beans), fava beans, peas, cowpeas, lentils (soldier beans), black beans and so on.

They are characterized by a short growing period, small planting area, special planting areas, low yields, and are generally rich in nutrients.

Mixed grain rice with methods:

1, cooking white rice or white rice porridge, add part of the brown rice, corn, millet or beans together.

2, with rice porridge, add yam, sweet potato, green beans, peanuts and other collocation.

3, with coarser and harder coarse grains directly porridge, such as oats, buckwheat, corn, sorghum, black rice, mung beans, red beans, etc., can improve the taste.

4, with coarse grains, potatoes, beans instead of rice, noodles, etc. as a staple food, such as whole corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans porridge, etc., 3 times a week is appropriate.

5, the production of pasta, such as steamed bread, rolls, nests, crusts, cakes, in the flour mixed with whole wheat flour, cornmeal, soybean meal or buckwheat flour, the highest ratio of 1:1.

6, will be coarse grains into a juice cited, it is best to be able to match the milk, made of millet milk, black soybean milk, red bean milk, mung bean milk, and other coarse grain beverage, taste more, but also to meet the human body on protein and Calcium needs. Especially for people with poor digestion and teeth are not firm elderly, especially suitable for this way of eating.

7, with meat and vegetables to eat coarse grains, in order to balance the diet. If you eat too much coarse grains will cause malnutrition, so pay attention to balancing the intake of fat and protein, with some meat, you can ensure the supply of nutrition.