Guess, the floating dumplings mentioned by the ancients refer to glutinous rice balls.

Tangyuan, also known as Fuyuanzi, is one of the representative snacks of Han nationality in China. Tangyuan originated in Song Dynasty, and its skin is mainly composed of glutinous rice flour, which is sweet and warm and belongs to spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is rich in carbohydrates, calcium, iron, riboflavin and nicotinic acid, and has the dietotherapy effects of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi, astringing sweat and stopping diarrhea.

The preparation method is as follows: baking black sesame seeds in an oven, then pouring into a wall-breaking machine to break them, pouring butter into a pot, pouring soft sugar after melting, continuously stirring until the sugar melts, then pouring black sesame seeds, stirring until the black sesame seeds are thick, grinding the black sesame seeds into balls, freezing, pouring glutinous rice flour and lard, adding hot water at 45-50 DEG C for three times, kneading into dough for about 5 minutes, and then grinding the dough into small dosage forms and packaging.

The glutinous rice flour, sugar and oil content of glutinous rice balls are high, which may induce ketoacidosis; The oil and calories in glutinous rice balls are high, and excessive consumption is easy to increase blood lipid and weight; The digestive function of the elderly and infirm is decreased, especially the swallowing reflex of the elderly is relatively slow, which may cause aspiration due to swallowing disorder and should be eaten in small quantities.

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1, Lingtang Garden in Chongqing.

In 1930s, Lin, the founder of Lingtangyuan, sold Dangdan Tangyuan named "Lin Tangyuan" on the street of Shuangfengyi in Chongqing. Because his dumplings are genuine, sticky, sweet and delicious, they quickly became popular in the mountain city and gradually became famous. Later, Yu Hexiang's firm opened, and successively opened semicolons in Chengdu, Kunming, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanning and other places. The industry gradually expanded, and Lin gradually developed into a tycoon in Chongqing's business circles.

2. Chengdu glutinous rice balls.

At the beginning of last century, Lai Yuanxin, a native of Jianyang, went to Chengdu to sell glutinous rice balls. Because of their good quality and delicious taste, people call them "Lai Tangyuan". Glutinous rice flour is selected, kneaded with water and wrapped with stuffing made of sesame, sugar and melted lard. Jiaozi is sweet and smooth, fat but not greasy, waxy but not sticky.