What is the difference between rice and millet ? Rice is the usual kind of food, millet, also known as corn, ancient called Harvest, is an annual herbaceous plant , belongs to the gramineae family, th

What is the difference between rice and millet ? Rice is the usual kind of food, millet, also known as corn, ancient called Harvest, is an annual herbaceous plant , belongs to the gramineae family, the northern part of our country is commonly known as grain, after shelling is called millet, it likes warmth, strong adaptability. Originated in China's Yellow River basin, in China has a long history of cultivation, now mainly distributed in China's North China, Northwest and Northeast regions.

There are many varieties of millet, according to the nature of the grain can be divided into glutinous millet and japonica millet two categories; according to the color of the hull can be divided into yellow bag, white, brown and other kinds of, including red, gray, more for glutinous, white, yellow, brown, green, more for japonica. Generally speaking, the hull color light skin thin, high rate of rice, rice quality; and hull color deep skin thick, low rate of rice, rice quality is poor. Famous varieties are Shanxi Qinxian yellow millet, Shandong Zhangqiu Longshan millet, Shandong Jinxiang's gold rice, Hebei peach blossom rice.

Small rice grains, color yellowish or dark yellow, hard texture, manufactured products have a sweet fragrance. Many women in the north of China after giving birth, have millet with brown sugar to nourish the body's tradition. Millet porridge is rich in nutrients, there is a "generation of ginseng soup" is known.

In fact, said the stomach, not as good as using glutinous rice porridge to drink, especially the porridge above the layer of sticky, nutritious