Alkaline water is an alkaline mixture made from potassium carbonate and sodium carbonate as the main ingredients, supplemented by carbonates or polymerized phosphates.

It is a traditional auxiliary ingredient commonly used in Cantonese pastries. In the past, people used grass ash and water to boil and soak for one day, and then took the supernatant to get an alkaline solution with a pH value of 12.6, and the main ingredients of grass ash are potassium carbonate and sodium carbonate. Nowadays, the use of the alkaline water is no longer ash, is made with a variety of ingredients, in the function of the same with the ash alkaline water, so it is still known as the alkaline water.

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In the Guangdong area, people use water to wrap zongzi, wrapped into the zongzi is called water zongzi, is a traditional food, belong to the Dragon Boat Festival food. The zongzi, which are made of spouted water, are stored for a relatively long period of time. Moreover, consuming a small amount of alkaline can balance the pH level of the human body. In addition, the taste of the rice dumplings is smooth, not greasy and not greasy, very popular with diners.

Contemporary people are skeptical about the harmful effects of alkaline water on the human body, and suggest that it should be left out of the rice dumplings, thus making them more famous than they are, and depriving them of their traditional sweetness and crispness. As a matter of fact, we only eat this kind of food for a certain period of time in a year, so I think that a small amount of water is not very harmful to human health. The rice dumplings without spout are not stored for a long time and are prone to rotting and deterioration.

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Alkaline Rice Dumplings

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Alkaline Rice Dumplings