Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Super useful cereal - rice


Super useful cereal - riceRice is one of the oldest cultivated cereals. In Southeast Asia it was cultivated by about 5 thousand years ago.


According to one version, the rice originates from China. Later he went to India, and from there to Ancient Persia, Mesopotamia and Central Asia.


The first Europeans to taste rice porridge, were the soldiers of Alexander the great. These Indians, and learned the secret of cultivation of this cereal. On the other - the birthplace of rice is India.


In Europe, this cereal appeared only in the middle ages, but still enjoys great popularity.


The diversity of rice cereal groats most carbohydrate-rich - 71% in 100 g of product, of which 70% is starch, 0, 4% fiber and 0, 7% monosaccharides. Vitamins and minerals rice cereals will not be able to enrich your diet. Nutrients of rice after cooking is easily absorbed by the body of the child and the adult.


The main feature of the figure is that the protein does not contain gluten (the protein gluten, which is not digested in children with celiac disease (a hereditary intolerance to the protein gluten).


This is very important because infants may not yet be formed a sufficient activity of enzymes of the gastrointestinal tract, and cereal with gluten will trigger celiac disease.


Usually, the baby is given milk rice porridge, as milk complements its next full of protein, minerals and vitamins and, in addition, makes it more pleasant to the taste.


Rice porridge is recommended by pediatricians and nutritionists, as starting in the diet of kids. But not earlier than in 4, 5 months.


Well digestible and gluten-free rice porridge in some rare cases, you enter when you spitting in the earlier period (from 2 months), but is assigned fractionally 1 teaspoon before feeding.


Rice porridge contains little fiber, so it is useful for children with a tendency to unstable chair. But it is not suitable for children predisposed to constipation, as can provoke.


In addition, a concoction of rice have a shielding effect - this is a protective mechanism for intestinal disorders.


At the present time created a number of specialized products industrial production:




  • rice-milk cereals ready-to-use: they are produced without additives, so you can apply them in clinical nutrition, are produced with the addition of vitamins and minerals necessary for the child's first year of life. Some rice porridge contain additives from fruits, vegetables, honey;



  • overcooked rice in small amounts is added to meat and vegetable, fish, vegetable or fruit preserves for children 9-12 months when accustom the child to the chewing of food;



  • as a thickener and a former small amounts of rice starch used in the preparation of rice-fruit puree, sometimes in canned meat and fish;



  • carrot-rice broth (ORS-200) is recommended for therapeutic feeding of infants with intestinal disorders;



  • fruit-rice porridge - if stomach upset children over 1 year;



  • rice flour is used to prepare the pastry, bread baking for children with celiac disease and allergies (also available rice pasta).



But remember that there must be a measure, you cannot feed the baby one rice porridge, even if she is so wonderful.


How to cook rice?


Cooking rice in stages:



1. Before cooking, the rice is a little fry in the pan - it will be more crumbly.


2. Before cooking the rice is washed in cold water for 1 minute, which is better to use a sieve - in this case the result is crisp rice.


3. Water salt before putting in her figure.


4. The amount of water that is poured into the pan, should be 2 times larger than the amount of rice (for example, half a Cup of rice a glass of water).


5.

What kind of water to cook rice? - It is better to cook rice in a small saucepan for cooking 2 cups of rice enough two-three-liter pots.
6. Rice cooked on a slow fire.


7. Rice cooked in a saucepan, cover closed.


8. Once the water is evaporated - the rice is cooked.


9. After cooking the rice, put in a colander.


10. How many times increases when cooking? - When cooking rice increases in volume 3 times.


11. 4 large serving of rice 1 Cup of rice.


12. Rice for sushi (including sen Soi") is small and round rice, rice for sushi cook the same 15-20 minutes, but after cooking the rice should be obsushenny for 20 minutes.


13. So the rice doesn't stick together when cooked, you can add to the pan teaspoon of olive oil.


14. When cooking rice is not the way.


15. In the steamer rice cook for 40 minutes in a pressure cooker for 7 minutes.


Rice math


Half of the glass with a volume of 300 ml rice 150 grams. From half cups of rice will be 420 grams of boiled rice on the side. This is enough for 2 very large portions of the garnish.



1 kg of rice a little less than 4 cups. It is 3 kilograms of cooked rice.



To prepare stuffed peppers indeed, the rice must first be boiled, but not 15-20 minutes, and 7 minutes because then it will covariates in the main dish.




In the soup, the rice cook for 20 minutes.




Salt when cooking rice, you need to add about 1 tablespoon per Cup of rice.




Take a glass with a volume of 300 ml. Will heap up half of the glass is 150 grams of dry rice. Cook the rice will turn out 420 grams of rice.


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