There is a legend about the origin of eating glutinous rice balls. It is said that a long time ago, a woodcutter went up the mountain to cut wood, and accidentally fell into a deep stream and failed to escape. He picked a wild thing like glutinous rice balls, Polygonatum and ginger, to satisfy his hunger, so as not to starve to death. Ten years later, the woodcutter flew home with his hair as light as a swallow. But he can't talk, and he doesn't eat. His family made zongzi for him. When he saw it, he thought it was Polygonatum sibiricum and ginger, so he ate it. Later, he slowly recovered his nature and began to talk with his family about the winter solstice. Since then, it has been the custom to eat glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter.
You must smell the fragrance of glutinous rice balls before you can choose fresh glutinous rice balls, which have a faint "rice flavor". When cooking jiaozi, first boil the boiling water, put it into the jiaozi, and continue to stir, so that the jiaozi is evenly heated, and jiaozi, which is fully saturated with water, is twice as big as the original. Then you can pick up the pot and mix it with your favorite soup base, and it tastes soft and tender.
Special reminder, the way to eat dumplings is also very particular. There are many strange ways to eat glutinous rice balls. Some people like to chew the whole glutinous rice balls in their mouths, while others like to taste them bite by bite. These are traditional ways to eat. Some people like to eat glutinous rice balls bite by bite, which is more delicious. In fact, people in ancient times would enjoy modern people more, because time was loose before and life was not as urgent as it is now. The above is how to eat glutinous rice balls, which is actually a very simple way to eat. The benefits of eating glutinous rice balls
The skin of glutinous rice dumplings is white and can nourish the lungs, which is suitable for the five-color tonic theme of "white nourishing the lungs". As a traditional Chinese medicine, glutinous rice is sweet and warm, enters the spleen, kidney and lung meridians, and has the functions of warming the stomach and strengthening the spleen, invigorating qi and stopping diarrhea, promoting fluid production and stopping sweating. After being made into glutinous rice balls, it not only enhances its nourishing function, but also increases the functions of promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals: for patients with chronic atrophic gastritis and dyspepsia, it can promote gastric juice secretion, increase appetite and help digestion; It is helpful for patients with chronic arthritis to promote blood circulation, dredge collaterals and relieve pain; It can play an auxiliary role in the treatment of patients recovering from serious illness, physical weakness, anemia and postoperative recovery.
The fillings are mainly fruits and dried fruits, such as sesame, walnut, peanut and hawthorn, which are rich in nutrition. The following small series specifically talks about the benefits of five kinds of jiaozi. Let's have a look.
1, moisturizing effect-black sesame glutinous rice balls
Moisturizing is the focus of skin care. Black sesame glutinous rice balls not only have smooth and elastic taste, moderate sweetness and rich fragrance, but also have the effects of benefiting liver, nourishing blood and caring hair. People who lose weight by dieting usually have dry and rough skin because of insufficient nutrients. Rough skin can be improved if you eat sesame seeds at the same time. Regular consumption of sesame seeds can keep the skin soft, smooth and radiant.
2, edema slimming effect-red bean dumplings
As we all know, eating more red beans at ordinary times can prevent foot swelling and have the effect of losing weight. Because its alkaloids can increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce constipation and promote urination, and eliminate edema caused by heart or kidney diseases. In addition, its fiber helps to excrete salt, fat and other wastes in the body, which has a great effect on stovepipe. Therefore, the finely processed red bean glutinous rice balls have a smooth, tender and fragrant taste and endless aftertaste. In terms of nutritional value, red beans are rich in vitamins B, B2, protein and various minerals, and have the functions of clearing heat, enriching blood, diuresis, detumescence and promoting heart activation.
However, although red bean is a kind of carbohydrate with high nutritional content, its bean fiber is easy to produce gas in the intestine during digestion, and people with weak stomach will feel flatulence and other discomfort after eating red bean, so it needs to be used with caution.
3, relieve stress, nourish beauty-wine-brewed glutinous rice balls
The glutinous rice dumplings are made from stem rice and distiller's yeast, and fermented at 5℃ for 3~4 days. They are smooth, sweet and not sticky. Stir the wine, heat it, then add it to the cooked glutinous rice balls, and add the longan cooked with rock sugar in advance to increase the effects of nourishing, beautifying, warming up and reducing pressure, especially suitable for busy people.
4. Whitening and Beauty-Yunnan Ding Xin Tangyuan
It can be said that the glutinous dumplings with the richest layering are the breakfast that Yunnan people must eat in the New Year. The fillings are ham, peanut paste and Yunnan dried tangerine peel. The most wonderful thing is the soup base, which is made of Yunnan wild rose. After drying in the sun, add sugar and yellow wine, ferment in the cave for more than half a year, and make rose sauce for preservation. When eating, cut the glutinous rice balls, so that the fragrance of peanuts and orange peel can blend with the mellow rose soup. It is really extraordinary that several flavors impact the taste buds at the same time.
5, moisturizing and anti-aging-Songren Jinsha "dry" jiaozi
Steamed salted egg yolk, crushed, mixed with butter, milk powder, sugar and custard powder, is the Jinsha material. Glutinous rice flour with proper amount of warm water is kneaded into dough, wrapped with Jinsha stuffing and kneaded into glutinous rice balls. When jiaozi is done, put it in a pot with boiling water, boil it for 3 minutes until it floats on the water, and then take out the cooked jiaozi for later use. Slightly boil pine nuts in salt water, fry them, peel them, shred sweet potatoes and fry them into golden filaments. Tangyuan is covered with pine nuts and golden sweet potato filaments. As for the plate at the bottom of lettuce, you can decorate it with celery leaves and shredded red pepper. Vitamin E in pine nuts is as high as 30%, which has a good effect of softening blood vessels and delaying aging. It is an ideal health food for middle-aged and elderly people, and also an ideal food for moisturizing and beautifying women.