A kind of mochi, elastic and sticky food made of glutinous rice flour or other starch, originating from China. It is also called grass cake, and in Zhejiang it is called ma ji or "mochi". Traditional spuds made from glutinous rice flour steamed and stuffed, but the product shelf life is short, easy to harden, etc., in response to the above shortcomings, the introduction of new products to increase profits, the introduction of spuds ready-mixed powder series, so that now spuds with a long shelf life, soft and anti-aging, the product pattern, such as like Chimney, spuds and so on.

The world writes "mochi", in fact, should be written "mochi", mochi is a kind of glutinous rice flour or other starch made of mochi, is a kind of elasticity and viscosity of the food, from China. Japan called cake (もち / mochi) is actually a rice cake (with China and Korea rice cake is a big difference between the Japanese rice cake is more soft, no toughness), Taiwan transliteration of the "Ma Ji". In the mainland is also called grass cake, Zhejiang region is also directly called hemp set of words, actually called "mochi". Dalian region called "bun hungry".

Expanded:

1, suitable for the crowd: the general population can eat jicama.

2, contraindication crowd: weight loss crowd should not eat more sweet potatoes.

3, efficacy: spleen spleen, stomach stomach, help development.

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