How to steam bamboo-fragrant rice? Why does bamboo-fragrant rice melt when cooked into porridge?

Bamboo rice is a relatively rare rice ingredient. It is different from ordinary rice. It is green and has an attractive fragrance. It is sold at a relatively high price in the market, but its nutritional value is also very high. It has excellent health effects. So how should this rice be used to steam rice? Why do some people melt it when making porridge with it?

How to steam bamboo rice

1. Bamboo-fragrant rice can be used to steam rice alone. When using it to steam rice, you can wash it with clean water, put it directly in the rice cooker, add three times the amount of clean water, then cover the lid of the rice cooker, turn on the power to let the rice cooker work, and you can get the steamed bamboo-fragrant rice after the rice cooker stops working. You can take it out and eat it after ten minutes.

2. Bamboo rice can also be steamed together with glutinous rice. When steaming, you can mix it with glutinous rice in a 1:1 ratio. Put it directly in a clean steamer or rice cooker, add appropriate amount of water and mix well, then steam it into rice. The steamed rice tastes better and is stickier.

Why does bamboo rice porridge melt?

1. Many people find that the bamboo-fragrant rice becomes melted after a long time of cooking. This is a normal phenomenon because it is a special type of rice with a loose texture. It will completely blend with water during the cooking process. The cooked porridge will be easier to digest, taste better, and be easily absorbed by the human body.

2. If people use bamboo-fragrant rice to make porridge and can stay up all night without it going bad, it means that the bamboo-fragrant rice they bought is not real bamboo-fragrant rice. Other chemical ingredients or food additives may have been added during the processing. The porridge made from such rice will not taste ideal and will not have particularly good health-preserving effects.

Today I introduced to you how to steam rice with bamboo-fragrant rice, and also let you know why bamboo-fragrant rice melts when cooked into porridge. In the future, you will be able to eat bamboo-fragrant rice in the correct way, and you will also be able to easily distinguish the authenticity of bamboo-fragrant rice, so that it can play a better health-preserving effect.