Many people use rice water to wash vegetables or water plants. When it comes to watering plants, there's no need to explain, but is there any reason to wash vegetables with it? Is it good or bad?
1. Increase nutrition
Rice water is rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals. The pickles soaked in rice water are more nutritious than regular pickles, making them more beneficial to the body. If you haven't tried it, you should give it a go.
2. Enhance flavor
Rice water is rich in nutrients. The pickles fermented with rice water will have a better taste and a unique flavor that regular pickles made with tap water cannot compare to.
3. Aid fermentation
Rice water is rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals. If you let rice water sit for two days, it will ferment significantly. Using it to ferment vegetables for pickles will speed up the fermentation process and achieve a better result.
4. Method for pickling vegetables with rice water
Ingredients: Vegetables, rice water, salt.
Instructions: After removing the dirty parts from the vegetables and letting them dry, pack them tightly into a jar. Then, pour in salted rice water, seal the lid tightly, and they will be ready to eat in two days.
5. Clever uses of rice water
(1) Meat you just bought might be dusty, and water alone can't clean it well. If you wash it twice with warm rice water and then once with clean water, the dirt will be cleaned away.
(2) A cutting board can develop a fishy smell after long use. You can soak the cutting board in rice water for a while, then scrub it with salt, rinse it with hot water, and the fishy smell will be gone.
(3) Soaking dried bamboo shoots, kelp, cuttlefish, etc., in rice water makes them swell and clean easily, and also makes them easy to cook thoroughly.
(4) Washing your hands often with rice water can not only remove dirt but also keep your skin moist and smooth.
(5) Iron cookware like knives, spatulas, and spoons can be prevented from rusting if, after use, they are soaked in relatively thick rice water.
(6) For rusty cookware, soak it in rice water for 3 to 5 hours, then take it out and wipe it dry, and the rust stains will be removed.
(7) New lacquerware has a paint smell. If you use a dry soft cloth dipped in rice water with a little vinegar to wipe the lacquerware, the paint smell can be removed.