How to make delicious rice with old rice

Stale rice is not rice harvested that year. Although old rice does not taste as good as new rice, its nutritional value is still good as long as it is not moldy or deteriorated. If you want to cook old rice deliciously, you must first soak it in warm water for a period of time. This will make the cooked rice softer and more conducive to gastrointestinal absorption. You should know some identification methods when buying rice in the market.

The concept of new rice and old rice.

New rice is the rice that is newly harvested in the current year and is processed through processes such as hulling and polishing. Its biggest feature is that it has a strong rice fragrance. The rice steamed with new rice has crystal clear, plump, sticky and chewy grains. Old rice, that is, rice from the previous year, is affected by factors such as temperature, humidity, oxidation, and insect damage during the storage process. It is slightly inferior to new rice in terms of appearance and nutrition, and its taste and flavor are also different from new rice.

How to identify new rice and old rice?

1. Check the hardness of the rice

New rice is harder than old rice. The greater the hardness of the rice, the higher its transparency and protein content. When purchasing, you can judge the hardness of the rice by biting it with your teeth.

2. Look at the white belly of the rice

The belly white is a white spot on the rice grains. The belly white of new rice should be milky white or light yellow. The color of old rice is darker than that of new rice, and some are even brown.

3. Look at the color of the rice

The grains of new rice are uniform and shiny, while the surface of the grains of old rice is mostly gray or has white grooves. The more white grooves and gray the rice has, the older it is.

4. Put your hand into the rice bag or rice bucket. When you pull it out, there will be a little white powder left on the palm. If it falls off with a gentle blow, it proves that the rice is new rice. If it does not fall off with a gentle blow and there is oily mud when rubbed, it means that the rice is stale rice or inferior and adulterated rice.

In addition, Wuchang rice has become popular in recent years, and much of the Wuchang rice on the market is suspected of being adulterated. You can identify Wuchang rice by looking, rubbing and smelling. The size of Wuchang rice grains is about 7 mm, and each grain has a white belly. When purchasing, just rub it with your hands and you can smell the fragrance of the rice, rather than the smell of stale rice. At the same time, Wuchang rice is slightly longer than typical japonica rice, but not as long and thin as southern indica rice.