How to make rice wine in winter

Rice wine is also commonly called Laozao. It tastes very mellow and has the function of health care. It has many benefits to health. There are many ways to eat rice wine. It can be eaten all year round. Whether it is paired with other ingredients or drunk directly, rice wine is very nutritious. Although rice wine tastes good, many people don't know how to make it. How to make rice wine in winter?

How to make rice wine in winter?

1. Soak glutinous rice in water for about six hours.

2. Soak until it can be easily crushed with your fingers.

3. Pour out the water, steam in a steamer (if you don’t have a steamer, steam in a steamer directly) for about 15 minutes until it is 70% to 80% cooked, then turn off the heat.

4. After natural cooling, add sweet koji wine and a cup of cold boiled water. Use a spoon to gently compact the rice, making a small hole in the middle. Cover it with a lid. You can just leave it there in summer. At the current temperature, you can put it in a box and wrap it with a quilt. It will be ready in two to three days.

The glutinous rice must be completely cooled before adding the yeast, otherwise the sweet wine will taste sour. The best fermentation temperature for glutinous rice is 25-30 degrees. If it is too low, the fermentation bacteria will not die, but their activity will be weakened, and sweet wine will not be easy to produce. However, if the fermentation temperature is too high, the sweet wine will definitely fail.

The entire operation process must be oil-free and salt-free, and the container and hands must be kept clean. Otherwise the sweet wine will not be white, will not taste good, or will not be successful.

The efficacy and function of rice wine

Effective for colds

Rice wine has certain effects on chills, blood stasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and back pain. It is generally better to drink it hot.

Helps with neurasthenia and other symptoms

For neurasthenia, mental confusion, depression and forgetfulness, adding eggs to the soup and drinking it will have better effect.

Helps blood circulation

Rice wine can help blood circulation, promote metabolism, and has the effects of nourishing blood and beauty, relaxing muscles and tendons, strengthening the body and prolonging life.

Good for pregnant women

Rice wine is good for postpartum women’s blood stasis and back pain. It has a good effect on physical weakness, loss of vital energy, milk deficiency and anemia. It also has a good effect on numbness and tremor of hands and feet, bruises and injuries.

Seasoning

The principle of rice wine as a condiment is that it can dissolve trimethylamine, aminoaldehyde and other substances in other foods. After heating, these substances can escape along with the various volatile components in the wine, so it can remove odors in food.

thaw

If you pour some rice wine on the front half of a frozen fish until it is completely covered, after a few minutes you will find that the front half has a sticky layer of thawed liquid on it, while the back half is still frozen like a stick.

Restore softness

You can drop a few drops of rice wine on the bread, then put it in the microwave. After turning it on, you will find that the surface is as fresh as just out of the oven and tastes better.