Polished round-lake rice

Rice or Oryza is a member of the Cereal herbaceous plant family. Russian folk wisdom says that "bread is the head of everything. " However, in relation to residents of Asian states, this imperishable saying can be paraphrased as "rice is the whole head. " Researchers believe that rice began to be cultivated in states with tropical and subtropical climates more than 9 thousand years ago.

Rice, a backgammon with wheat and other representatives of cereal crops, belongs to one of the most ancient agricultural plants that people began to cultivate at the dawn of human civilization. It is noteworthy that rice got its modern name thanks to the English language. Until the 19th century, rice in Russia was called nothing more than "Sorochin millet" or "Saracen grain. "

Rice is a whimsical plant, the cultivation of which requires compliance with certain climatic and temperature conditions. The distribution of rice is limited to tropical and subtropical climatic zones of states located in Africa, Australia, Asia, and in addition to America.

Interestingly, the structure of the rice grain is the same for all subspecies of the plant. White rice grain is hidden behind a layer of natural brown shell. Paddy rice or newly harvested cereal grain goes through various stages of processing, as a result of which the appearance and vitamin-mineral composition of the product change.

In addition, the method of treating grains of a cereal plant determines the taste as well as consumer characteristics of rice. According to the processing method, the following types of rice are isolated in food saturation:



ground white rice has a smooth even surface and are distinguished by a transparent or crisp white color;

steamed rice is obtained by steaming cereal grains;

brown or unpolished rice has undergone gentle treatment which has preserved the useful coat of the cereal grain of light brown colour;

long-grain rice differs in that when cooking, long grains (up to 8 mm) of cereal do not stick together;

medium grain rice differs in the size of cereal grains (5-6 mm), and in addition, the range is distributed, which is limited to Spain, Burma, Italy and Australia;

polished round-lake rice, the plant grain sizes of which do not exceed 5 mm.



Round-lake polished rice is obtained by processing a plant grown in such states as Ukraine, Japan, the Russian Federation, as well as China or Japan. It is worth noting that polished round-lake rice differs not only in its parameters, as well as in its taste and consumer characteristics.

Round grain of round-grain ground rice has the ability to absorb a large amount of liquid. In addition, the chemical composition of round-grain polished rice contains a large amount of starch. For this reason, round-grain rice differs in its opaque color. As a rule, on sale you can find round-grain rice white in color.

Professional cooks argue that round-grain rice is best used in the process of making rice puddings, as well as casseroles and other sweet desserts. In addition, round-grain rice is perfect for first courses. For the manufacture of a national Asian dish, sushi is usually used round-grain rice.