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What are whole wheat and malt?
1. Whole wheat is a grain pressed by whole wheat flour and raw wheat.

Whole wheat flour is an all-natural food, in which wheat is washed, dried and crushed to make flour.

Whole wheat food can keep you healthy.

Whole wheat food is mainly made from wheat, but also from barley and oats.

The so-called "whole wheat food" refers to the food made by grinding wheat without bran into flour, which is darker in color and rougher in taste than refined flour without bran, such as Fuqiang flour we usually eat, but it has higher nutritional value because it retains a lot of vitamins, minerals and cellulose in bran.

2, malt, Chinese medicine name. Most of them are grown in the northern region, and they are processed products after the mature fruits of Gramineae barley are germinated and dried. After soaking the wheat grains in water, keep the appropriate temperature and humidity, and when the buds grow to about 5mm, dry them in the sun or at low temperature.

Physiological characteristics:

This product is spindle-shaped, with a length of 8 ~ 12 mm, a diameter of 3 ~ 4 mm, a pale yellow surface, a back surrounded by lemma, and five veins. The ventral surface is surrounded by the palea. After removing the inner and outer lemma, there are 1 longitudinal grooves on the ventral surface; The basal radicle produces buds and fibrous roots, and the buds are needle-like strips, about 5mm long. There are several fibrous roots, slender and curved. Hard, white part, powdery. Slight breath, slightly sweet taste.

Treatment method:

1, malt: removing impurities.

2. Stir-fry malt: take clean malt and stir-fry it according to the stir-fry method (the stir-fry method without auxiliary materials is called the stir-fry method). ) Stir-fry until brown, let cool and sift off the dust.

3, burnt malt: take the net malt, according to the frying method (the frying method without auxiliary materials is called the frying method. ) stir fry until brown. Let it cool and sift out the ashes.