What are the varieties of rice?

Rice taste sweet flat, with Buzhong Yiqi, spleen and stomach, Yijing Qiangzhi and other functions, known as the first of the five grains, is one of the main food of our people. So, what kinds of rice do you have?

There are three varieties of rice: japonica rice, indica rice and glutinous rice.

1. Japonica rice

It is a kind of rice, a common staple food. It has been cultivated all over China and has been planted for more than 6900 years. It is one of the specialties of Chinese food culture. Mainly produced in northeast China. The rice grain is generally oval or round, the rice grain is plump and plump, the cross section is nearly round, the ratio of length to width is less than two, the color is waxy, transparent or translucent, the texture is hard and tough, and the viscous oiliness is large, soft and delicious after cooking.

two。 Indica rice

The rice made from indica non-waxy rice is called indica rice. The shape of the rice grain is slender or oblong, the length of the elder is more than 7mm, the meal yield is high after cooking, the stickiness is small, the rice is brittle, it is easy to be broken during processing, the cross section is flat and round, the color is white and transparent, and there are also translucent and opaque. According to the rice harvest season, it can be divided into early indica rice and late indica rice.

3. sticky rice

Also known as Jiangmi, milky white, opaque, transparent after cooking, sticky, bulging small, generally not as a staple food, multi-purpose production of cakes, zongzi, Yuanxiao and so on, as well as wine-making raw materials. Glutinous rice can also be divided into indica and japonica.

No matter what kind of rice is very rich in nutrition, so we must eat more rice.