Indica rice, also known as long rice and fairy rice, is a special kind of rice in the sales market. Its raw material is indica rice and glutinous rice, and most of the rice grains made are slender and rectangular, with a length of more than 7 mm, and the beige color of indica rice is much whiter than other rice varieties, and the overall transparency is worse than other rice varieties.

Indica rice on the market can be divided into early indica rice and late indica rice. Among them, early indica rice is wide and short in appearance, pink in color, with three characteristics: white belly, rich in powder and fragile in texture, while late indica rice is flat and slender in appearance, translucent in color, with three characteristics: white belly, hard grains and big oil.

Edible mode of indica rice

Indica rice is not as common as japonica rice and glutinous rice in daily life, but it tastes like ordinary rice. It has a slight sweetness and is delicious. It is the first choice of many hotel restaurants, because of personal preference, the practice is slightly different.

The common practices of indica rice are scallop chicken porridge, spinach lean porridge, radish cake, Yangzhou indica rice fried rice with eggs, coconut cake, sweet wine rice cake, salty and spicy peppers and so on. It is worth noting that indica rice should not be eaten with horse meat and honey.