Rice flakes

 Rice flakes

In modern kitchens, the use of rice is widespread. Groats are endowed with valuable nutritional and beneficial properties.Therefore, most housewives around the world choose this cereal and its derivatives: rice vinegar, flour, noodles, and, of course, rice flakes. The translucent and fragile product is successfully added to various dishes.

Special features

Rice flakes are the result of using modern methods of processing and flattening rice grains. With the help of innovative devices, the usual taste and healthy qualities of such a nutritious product are preserved.

Many people prefer to start the morning with cooking delicious and nourishing rice cereal porridge. In order not to lose valuable substances during the cooking process, it is recommended to add boiling water or hot milk to the flakes. At the end of the dish is covered for 10-15 minutes with a lid.

It is possible to cook not only nourishing porridge from cereal, but also to prepare various desserts and puddings. The ingredient is ideal for breading when roasting cutlets, chops and crispy fish. At home, you can even make a restaurant rice dessert in combination with a delicate marshmallow butter cream. Butter pastry based on rice product, instead of the usual flour, will be light and airy.

Guests will certainly be surprised by a light dessert - delicious rice cereal muffins on kefir. A simple recipe will allow you to cook a treat for any hostess. It is necessary only for a while to pour the flakes with kefir. Next, add a pre-prepared mixture of rice flour, sugar and butter. Bake the muffins in the oven and serve for tea.

Composition, benefits and harm

In addition to ease of cooking, the product contains a large amount of beneficial substances for the body.

  • Rice flakes are quite nourishing and high in calories - 100 grams contains about 360 calories. In this regard, such food is recommended to eat in small portions.
  • Significant calorie content does not prevent the product from being a complex carbohydrate containing easily digestible protein. That is why cereals are considered dietary, they are the best option for food with restrictions.
  • Calcium and phosphorus, which is in the composition, strengthen the bone system and teeth, and zinc improves the structure of the nail plates and hair.
  • Numerous minerals and vitamins contribute to the improvement of the body, energize for active actions.
  • Rice is a great antidepressant. Regular consumption of cereal normalizes nerves, improves the general condition and mood.
  • Dietary fiber contained in cereal helps the proper functioning of the digestive system, helps to eliminate toxins from the body, and normalizes metabolism. Fiber helps to maintain normal blood sugar levels, so it must be in the diet of diabetic patients.
  • Flakes have a beneficial effect on the heart muscle, perfectly normalize blood pressure and cope with arrhythmia.
  • The product regulates the normal functioning of the kidneys and removes excess water from the body. A regular use of cautions against the appearance of edema in the future.
  • Cereal remarkably copes with foreign smell from the mouth, caused by many reasons.
  • It is the most valuable product for baby food. There is no allergen - gluten in rice flakes. Babies in the form of first foods can be given a product, starting from six months.
  • Despite the fact that flakes are a derivative product, all the beneficial substances (vitamins, minerals, amino acids) are preserved.
  • Starch, which is naturally present in croup, as a result of processing lends itself to significant splitting. Therefore, rice cereal porridge is easily digestible even for a child's body.
  • Porridge is actually obtained "with a charge of energy." From such food the body gets the necessary energy and valuable substances, without wasting power on its splitting.

You must understand that the irrational use of such a useful product is fraught with the occurrence of constipation. In addition to the benefits, the rice product can harm people with stomach ulcers and chronic colitis.Flakes are also excluded from the diet if you are hypersensitive to the product.

And do not forget that any product should be consumed in moderation. If there are flakes in large quantities, they can turn into centimeters at the waist.

Cooking for children

Considering that cereal porridge is very nourishing and dense, it is undesirable to completely fill the diet of the offspring with them. But several times a week to pamper a delicious casserole, a cupcake and a small portion of porridge is fully recommended.

Modern parents always do not have enough time to fully care for their children. Stand and spend hours cooking healthy meals do not have time, even with my mother on maternity leave. But it is still necessary to feed a child with high quality. And if the baby has not yet cut teeth, and the variety in the diet is already required? Flakes will surely come to the rescue. They are quite light, so it is enough to brew the cereal in boiling water or hot milk, and excellent rice porridge is served at the table. To the baby was full and satisfied with breakfast, porridge should be cooked only with milk.

Reviews

Rice flakes are a dietary product. Therefore, many fitness diets include it in the diet, of course, in its natural form, without adding sugar and butter and milk.

Among women looking for optimal menus for effective weight loss, rice flakes have received good reviews as a product that is easy to lose weight without harming the body. They contain all the necessary complex of vitamins and minerals for the proper functioning of the internal organs.

The only thing that ladies recommend is not to get too involved in delicacy. A large number of accepted nutritious food "give" the heaviness in the stomach and spoiled mood.

The fact that you can cook rice cereal, see the following video.

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