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How to identify the good and bad rice

There are four points to identify the good and bad rice:

1, a smell, quality rice will have a unique fragrance, people can identify through the sense of smell;

2, two taste, high quality rice put in the mouth to eat raw there will be no odor, and easy to be bitten, the tongue can taste the flavor of starch;

3, three grabbed, high-quality rice after the hand repeatedly in the bag to grab, people can clearly see the bag around and on the hand white material appears, which is the characteristics of quality rice;

4, four punch, quality rice by warming the bag and hands, the white material appears. After grabbing, people can clearly see the bag around and on the hands of white substances appear, this is the characteristics of quality rice;

4, four punch, quality rice by warm water rinse will not produce a lot of impurities, while the poor rice after brewing will be in the water precipitation of a large number of impurities, adding oil stains, wax stains by the bubble will also be present in its original form.

1. Look at the hardness: the hardness of rice grains is determined by the protein content, the harder the rice, the higher the protein content, the better the transparency. Generally new rice is harder than old rice, low moisture rice is harder than high moisture rice, late indica rice is harder than early indica rice.

2. Look at the belly white: rice belly often has an opaque white spot, white spot in the center of the rice grains part of the "heart white", outside the belly is called "outside white". Abdominal white part of the rice protein content is low, containing more starch. Generally high moisture content, harvested uncooked and not mature enough rice, white belly is larger.

3. Look at the burst waist: burst waist is due to the rice in the drying process occurs after the phenomenon of rapid heat, rice grains inside and outside the balance caused. Popping waist rice consumption outside the rotten raw, low nutritional value. So choose the rice to carefully observe the surface of the rice grains, if the rice grains appear one or more horizontal cracks, it is popping waist rice.

4. Look at the yellow grains: rice grains yellow is due to certain nutrients in the rice under certain conditions in a chemical reaction, or rice microorganisms caused. These yellow grains are poorer in country flavor and taste.