Black rice is a precious rice variety, belonging to glutinous rice. Black rice is a characteristic variety formed by long-term cultivation of Gramineae rice. Black rice is a kind of rice with both medicine and food, and its quality is good. Black rice has a long history of planting and is an ancient and precious rice variety in China. According to legend, it was discovered by Zhang Qian, the prince of Bo, more than 2,000 years ago when Emperor Wu of Han was in power. Rice porridge boiled with black rice is fragrant and shiny, soft and waxy, rich in nutrition and has good nourishing effect and medicinal value, so it is called "blood-enriching rice" and "longevity rice". There is a folk saying in our country that "everything must be supplemented."
Edible value: high edible value, besides cooking porridge, it can also be used to make various nutritious foods and make wine. Modern medicine has proved that black rice has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, strengthening spleen and warming liver, improving eyesight and promoting blood circulation. The color of black rice is different from other rice, mainly because its outer cortex contains anthocyanins, which has a strong anti-aging effect. Studies at home and abroad show that the darker the color of rice is, the stronger the anti-aging effect of epidermal pigment is, and the effect of black rice pigment is the strongest among all kinds of rice. In addition, this pigment is also rich in flavonoids active substances, which is five times that of white rice, and plays a great role in preventing arteriosclerosis. Therefore, black rice should not be refined, eat brown rice or standard third-class rice. When cooking porridge, soak black rice in clear water for one night in summer and two nights in winter, with less elutriation times. Soaked water should be cooked with rice to preserve nutrients.
You can try the organic black rice in Zhu Xi Lake in Yangxian County.