Rice cakes: cooking recipes

Rice is grown by people for many centuries and even millennia, and it is rightly called one of the most popular cereals in the world. As archaeological excavations show , the history of rice began a long time ago - 6-7 millennia ago people already knew how to grow and eat rice. This is evidenced by the traces of rice on the remains of pottery and manuscripts of ancient China, except for this there are references to rice in the manuscripts of ancient India.

The homeland of rice is considered to be Asia, on the territory of modern Vietnam and Thailand, man first began to grow rice. Then gradually it spread to all other continents and, having adapted to local climatic conditions, took its rightful place in the national cuisines of the peoples of the world.

Rice grains contain more starch than in any other cereals. Rice is a dietary balanced product, because it has everything you need for the human body, it has a lot of vitamins and microelements. Rice is rich in potassium, zinc, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, B vitamins and iron compounds. A lot of it and complex carbohydrates, providing our body with energy. From it prepare the most various dishes: pilaf, porridge, risotto, rice cakes, rolls and sushi, it is added to soups, with it meat dishes are prepared.

You have stale rice, and you can not think what to make of it? From ordinary porridges, the domestic nose is garnished, the garnish is sticky, and the pilaf is already bored? Then try to make homemade scones, which will be an excellent find for many housewives. It's like bread, too, but there's no need to knead the dough for a long time.

Rice cakes, the recipe of which can contain a wide variety of ingredients, are prepared very simply, the main thing is to withstand all the proportions. For example, a surplus flour can turn rice cakes into pancakes, and too many eggs added for a bunch will make them "rubber".

Recipes of rice cakes

1. Honey rice cakes.

Ingredients: 200 grams of rice, 2-3 tbsp. Spoons of sesame seeds, 3 tbsp. Tablespoons vegetable oil, 1 tbsp. Spoon dessert wine and sugar, 2 tbsp. Spoons of honey and orange juice, ground cinnamon and orange peel.

Rice thoroughly rinse, boil, pour into a colander and cool, then add sugar, juice, orange peel and cinnamon. All the mix well, form flat cakes and, wrapping them in sesame seeds, fry in oil until golden yellow. If boiled rice turned out too loose, you need to add whipped egg whites. Finished rice cakes put on a dish and pour warmed with a mixture of honey and wine.

2. Yeast rice cakes.

Ingredients: 250 grams of long rice, 1 tbsp. A spoonful of powdered yeast, 50 ml. Warm water, 5 eggs, 100 grams of sugar, 30 grams of nutmeg, 1 teaspoon of salt, 100 grams of flour, fat.

Rice boil until soft, dry, mix. Add the yeast diluted in warm water to the rice and let it brew for two hours. Eggs beat up with salt, sugar, flour and nutmeg, add the mixture to the rice and mix. Set aside for 30 minutes. After that, heat the fat in a frying pan and, spreading out the resulting "dough" with a spoon, fry the flat cakes from two sides to a golden brown color.

3. Japanese rice cakes "mochi". For their preparation, you will need 500 grams of rice "moti-gome".

Rinse the rice and leave it overnight in water. In the morning boil rice in the steamer until soft. Another hot rice put in a damp wooden mortar and knead it to a homogenous mushy adhesive material. The resulting dough is put on the surface, sprinkled with rice flour, and form slightly flattened balls. After that, you need to put it in the fridge for a while. Japanese rice cakes "moti" are seasoned with soy or any other sauce to taste and are served to the table.