broomcorn millet

Millet Millet, a monocotyledonous gramineous crop, panicum miliaceum, grows in the north, is drought-tolerant, and has slender and pointed leaves with parallel veins. Seeds, also called millet, are light yellow, commonly known as yellow rice after peeling, and then ground into flour, commonly known as yellow wheat. They are sticky and often used to make rice cakes and make wine. They are also used to make yellow cakes and fried cakes in Yangyuan, Yuxian, Shanxi and some counties in Zhangjiakou, which is one of the important food crops. The content of carbohydrates in millet is very high, which can produce a lot of reducing sugar after hydrolysis, and can be used to make syrup and maltose. The outer husk of millet seeds has many colors, such as brown (black) red, white, yellow and gray. After chemical treatment, various pigments can be extracted, which is a natural pigment additive in food industry. Millet is also a good raw material for wine making. Using millet to make wine, the wine is rich and mellow. Yanglang Liquor produced in Yanglang Township, Guyuan County, Ningxia is made from millet. Millet can be used to make drinks. Yellow rice wine, which is commonly used in Chinese traditional medicine, is made of millet. It contains a variety of amino acids and vitamins, and has high nutritional and medicinal value. According to the determination, yellow rice wine contains 14 kinds of amino acids, the total acid content is 1.24-1.5g/100ml, and the total sugar content is 21.5-124ug/100ml. If the traditional production technology of yellow rice wine is improved scientifically, it can be made into a series of nutritional and health drinks of yellow rice wine.
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