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Nian gao (年糕, nián-gāo, rice cake; new year cake) is a traditional food of the Chinese people, and is a seasonal food for the Lunar New Year. A kind of sticky glutinous rice or rice flour steamed into the cake, in the Spring Festival, many regions of China have to pay attention to eat rice cake. Rice cake is not only sweet and savory, but also rich in nutrients, but also has the role of fitness to dispel diseases. Rice cakes contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, niacin, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and other healthy elements.
The main raw material for the production is glutinous rice, the good glutinous rice and water together into a water pulp, add brown sugar, rose sugar or white sugar, ham, sesame seeds, peanuts and mix well, the mold will be smeared with a layer of oil and then poured into the mixture of good pulp, steamed on the pot, take off the mold and packaged can be.
Each 100 grams of rice cakes contain 6.5 grams of protein, 1.3 grams of fat, 80.3 grams of carbohydrates, 19 milligrams of calcium, 155 milligrams of phosphorus, 6.7 milligrams of iron. In addition, rice cakes also contain vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin and so on. It is a nutritious and mild tonic food. Glutinous rice contained in rice cakes is a nutritious ingredient rich in vitamin B. It has the effect of warming the spleen and stomach and tonifying the middle chi.
Rice cakes contain a high amount of calcium, which can promote the development of human bones, maintain the shape and hardness of bones, and have the effect of tonifying bones and strengthening teeth. Rice cakes contain protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin and starch, etc., rich in nutrients, for warm and strong food.
Nian gao contains a large amount of potassium, people can eat some appropriate rice cakes can supplement potassium. The main role of potassium in the human body is to maintain acid-base balance, participate in the body's energy metabolism and maintain the normal function of neuromuscular.
Expanded Information:
1, supplemental nutrition: rice cakes are rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, calcium, iron, phosphorus and so on. Among them, phosphorus can assist starch and fat metabolism, provide heat and restore energy; rich B vitamins can promote appetite and improve the nervous system.
2, relieve urinary frequency: rice cakes astringent effect is obvious, the motherland medicine, rice cakes have astringent, stop sweating and other effects. Therefore, there is frequent urination, often sweaty friends, you can often eat rice cakes, both to prevent disease and to strengthen the body.
3, complement the spleen and warm the stomach: rice cake is warm and flat, can warm the spleen and stomach, tonic qi, cold spleen and stomach, poor appetite, bloating and diarrhea have a certain role in alleviating, so the old saying "rice cake porridge for the warming of the stomach qi wonderful product".
4, tonifying Qi: rice cake has tonifying Qi, spleen and stomach, stop diarrhea, regulate digestion and absorption of the role of the spleen and stomach weakness, post-partum sweating, post-partum dysentery and other symptoms have a soothing effect, but also for the weakness of the body produced by the night sweats, blood, dizziness and blurred vision also has an improved role.
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