From Indian pilafa, Uzbek pilaf, butter and Italian risotto - rice
is famous throughout the world. In this encyclopedia you will find a
guide to varieties of rice, information on how to better prepare and
delicious recipes with this indispensable product.
Each contains a tiny plant from 100 to 200 pips of rice. These
crops, and all the cereals, to consist of starch, ie carbohydrates. It
makes the rice is very nutritious, as it is rich in proteins, vitamins,
minerals and fiber, it is easy to digest. However, unlike other
cereals, it contains no gluten, making it ideal for patients with
intolerance or celiac cereal proteins.
Like other cereals, rice has appeared on our planet is about ten
thousand years ago, when the great glaciers растаяли and left a huge
swampy area, where now in India, Thailand and China. We can say that
since then, Rice has become one of the main products of the
three-quarters of the people throughout the world.
From China to Japan, including India and Indonesia, rice - is more
than just products. This part of the culture and civilization in these
countries. In addition to rice is considered a gift of gods, a symbol
of fertility and life. This symbolism is present in many Mediterranean
countries, where there is a tradition of rice posypaniya newlyweds,
wishing them good luck and happiness.
Rather, the figure has brought the Western world, Alexander the
Great after the conquest of India in 350 g of BC. Wide dissemination of
rice in the Mediterranean countries is considered to be due to Arab
culture, but areologicheskie excavation showed that the figure used
earlier, in 630 g of BC. It is believed that rice was one of the
products that are traded in the markets of spices in Alexandria,
although it was noticeably cheaper than pepper.
In 1300 rice was first mentioned in records of the Duke of Savoy
in Piedmont (Northern Italy). In XV century the figure was mentioned in
a letter written by the Duke of Milan and Milan to the XVI century, is
surrounded by rice fields, shining in the sun. With centuries of rice
cultivation has spread to all of Lombardy, Piedmont and Venice, Italy
today - the largest supplier of rice in Europe.
In the Philippines, found more than 10 thousand varieties of rice,
of which are divorced more than 5 thousand. In Italy, only 50 varieties
are grown.
There is a figure - it means to eat. "Anyone who proposes rice,
suggests life itself," said the Buddha, while recognizing the
nutritional properties of rice, as recognized, and many other ancient
cultures. Hippocrates have forced the ancient Olympic figure before and
after competition, preparing for a mixture eptasanei, consisting of
different cereals, water and honey. This is not far gone from what they
eat today's sportspemy, in preparation for competition.
Scientists have confirmed that Rice, like other carbohydrates, may
correct the lack of basic vitamins and minerals caused by use of
unnecessary products, is widely present in today's world. In rice
contains many vitamins, group B, as well as vitamin E and PP, while the
minerals contained in rice, are calcium, copper, iron, potassium,
manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, selenium and zinc. And if that's not
enough, in each 100 g of raw rice has 4.1 grams of protein.
We suggest you familiarize yourself with the varieties of rice, as well as learn how to cook, a variety of tasty and cooked.
