What rice is suitable for porridge? What rice is suitable for cooking?

? What rice is suitable for cooking?

"Japonica rice is suitable for porridge and indica rice is suitable for cooking."

The rice that is often eaten every day can be roughly divided into three types: japonica rice, indica rice and glutinous rice.

Japonica rice: it belongs to the staple food rice in the northern region. Its shape is short and fat, oval or round, similar to the shortened version of watermelon. It contains a lot of carbohydrates, accounting for about 79%. It can provide enough heat for human body, and its texture is hard and tough. After cooking, it has high viscosity and high oiliness. Short and fat rice like pearl rice and Dongbei rice, which are common in supermarkets, belong to japonica rice.

Indica rice: it belongs to the staple food rice in Jiangnan. The appearance of rice grains is thin and long, like a slim girl, with low viscosity and high oiliness. The way to distinguish rice is that the name of rice is generally "X fragrant rice", which is generally indica rice;

Glutinous rice: generally, it is not suitable for cooking rice or porridge alone, but suitable for auxiliary cooking, or making traditional Chinese cakes, zongzi and dough. After cooking, it is sticky and easy to paste, and the rice grains are round and opaque, which is very different from japonica rice and indica rice.

After understanding the differences and characteristics of japonica rice, indica rice and glutinous rice, let's talk about which rice is more suitable for porridge and which rice is more suitable for cooking.

Cooked porridge with japonica rice: Because the taste and texture of japonica rice are hard, sticky and oily, it is used to cook porridge, and the cooked porridge is softer, thicker, fragrant, tender and chewy;

Cooking with indica rice: Because of its low viscosity, porridge tastes bad. The porridge body is not thick enough, the cooking time is not enough, and the rice grains are distinct, just like white rice mixed with boiling water. Therefore, indica rice is more suitable for single boiled rice, which is more fragrant and chewy.

Glutinous rice auxiliary: more suitable for making cakes, rarely used for cooking alone, or used for cooking or porridge. Indica rice+glutinous rice can cook glutinous rice with rich flavor; Japonica rice+glutinous rice, the porridge cooked will taste stronger and taste better.