Normally, people will cook rice with water. According to one article in “Health Circle”, you can cook rice with tea soup, which can prevent disease and live long. The rice cooked with tea will not only reduce the oil in the food, clean the mouth, help digestion, and many other health effects. Based on the research of the nutritionists, often eat rice cooked with tea, it can prevent five major diseases.
- Prevent cardiovascular disease
Tea polyphenol is the major substance contained in tea, which accounts for the 70 – 80 % of the extract substance from the water.
Research has proved that tea polyphenol can increase the resilience of microvascular, which prevent the bleeding caused by rupture of the microvascular. It can inhibit atherosclerosis.
Elderly people can eat rice cooked with water frequently to soften blood vessels, lower blood lipids, prevent cardiovascular disease.
- Prevent gastrointestinal cancer
Tea polyphenols can block the synthesis of carcinogenic nitrosamines in the human body. In this way, it can prevent gastrointestinal cancer.
- Prevent stroke
The lipid peroxide generated in the body cause the blood vessel wall to lose its elasticity, which is the major reason for stroke. The tannic acid in the tea has effect of preventing the generation of lipid peroxide. Therefore, it can prevent stroke effectively.
- Help digestion
There is the record in the medical book “Supplement to Compendium of Material Medica” of Tang Dynasty, if you eat rice cooked with tea can lose weight. It means if you eat the food with tea added in, it can help digestion and dissolve fat more effectively.
- Prevent dental issues
The fluoride contained in the tea is the indispensable substance in dentin. If you can constantly have a small amount of fluoride immersed into teeth, it can strengthen the resilience and acid resistance of the teeth, which will prevent decayed tooth.
How to cook rice with tea?
Process:
Soaking a small amount of tea leaves with boiled water. Once the tea is fully brewed, use a clean gauze to filter the tea leaves out of the soup and use it to cook rice.
Notes:
- Don’t put to many tea leaves;
- Don’t use overnight tea;
- Pay attention to have the balance of protein and iron-rich foods.
Different teas in targeting different diseases
Using the different tea leaves in cooking rice, if you keep eating the for long-term, it has good control effect in high cholesterol, hypertension, and high blood sugar.
High cholesterol – cooking rice with Puer tea
Puer contains rich statins, which has anti-lipid peroxidation effect. It can reduce the level of the low-density lipoprotein, total cholesterol, triglyceride and increase the level of high-density lipoprotein level.
High blood sugar – cooking rice with oolong tea
The tea polysaccharide in Oolong tea can improve the antioxidant function of the human body, which will enhance the liver glucosidase activity, reduce the generation of gluconeogenesis and the output of hepatic glucose. Therefore, it can reduce the fasting blood glucose.
Hypertension – cooking rice with Kuding tea
Kuding tea has saponin, urolic acid, flavonoids, selenium compounds, amino acids, vitamins and other nutritious substance.
Research indicates, Kuding tea has significantly effect in increase the blood flow in coronary, improve the hypoxia tolerance. It can prevent te acute myocardial ischemia induced posterior pituitary.
Cooking rice with tea, should not put too many tea leaves, do not use the overnight tea. It should be best the flavor of the tea not cover the flavor of the rice.
When you eat rice cooked with tea, you should pay attention to the food you eat with should contains rich protein and iron, such as: mild, egg, lean meat, bean, nuts, mushrooms, sesame seeds, fresh vegetables and fruits.
The effect will be different if you add a little bit vinegar.
Add a little bit vinegar: 1ml vinegar for 500-gram rice, it can loosen the rice and make it easier to store. The cooked rice not only have no sour taste but even with more strong aroma.
Add a little bit oil: add a teaspoon of oil and stir the rice evenly. It will make sure the rice will not stick on the pan. This trick is very suitable for people who do not like eating rice crust.
Add a little bit sault: this is only suitable for the re-steaming process of the leftover rice. The leftover rice need to be re-steamed. However, they normally not taste as good as the fresh one. If you add a little bit sault, it can eliminate the odor.