Eating Dumplings For Lantern Festival! Traditional Chinese Medicine Recommends "this Bowl", Which Has High-quality Protein And Takes Care Of Muscles And Bones

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival is about to eat glutinous rice balls. Which kind of glutinous rice balls do you like to eat? Wu Siyi, a physician in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, pointed out that using some seasonal ingredients, such as nutritious carrots, dried shiitake mushrooms, eggs and tofu, you can simply make a light and nutritious vegetarian rice ball.

Wu Siyi, a physician in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, said that this year's Lantern Festival follows the rain and solar terms, and it is still the transition season between winter and spring. It is the Spring Festival, so it is recommended to have a light diet to prepare for a strong spleen and stomach.

Wu Siyi shared that the public can use some simple seasonal ingredients to make vegetarian rice balls, which are light and nutritious and can help health. She analyzed, for example: black sesame is sweet and flat, can nourish the liver and kidney, moisten the five internal organs and has the function of moistening the intestines;

3-5 dried shiitake mushrooms, a little carrot, 1 piece of flat tofu (you can buy half a box of commercial tofu in a box), 1 egg fried into egg skin, some red and white rice balls, some green vegetables, a little soy sauce, salt A little, a little sesame oil, a little white pepper

1. Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in cold water first, the water for soaking the shiitake mushrooms can be reserved, and the dumplings can be cooked later.

2. Put the red and white glutinous rice balls in boiling water and cook for 8 minutes. Remove and soak in cold water for later use.

3. Cut the soaked dried shiitake mushrooms, carrots, tofu and egg skin into shreds.

4. Put the shiitake mushrooms, redPut the radish and sesame oil into the wok together, turn on low heat and fry slowly until fragrant, then add tofu and egg skin and stir fry together.

5. Add shiitake mushroom water to the wok, add an appropriate amount of boiled water, bring to a boil over high heat, and add 8-minute cooked red and white rice balls. 6. Finally put in the green vegetables, and then season with soy sauce, salt and white pepper according to personal taste; when the green vegetables and small rice balls are cooked, turn off the heat and it is done.

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Wu Siyi reminded that the small glutinous rice balls are made of glutinous rice and the ingredient is starch, so diabetics should pay attention to the amount of consumption to avoid blood sugar rise. Eating too much glutinous rice products is also easy to indigestion, causing a burden on the stomach and intestines. Most people should also pay attention to the amount of consumption. She also said that from the beginning of the new year, more attention should be paid to maintaining good living habits and consuming nutritionally balanced food, which can also symbolize good health in the new year, free from all diseases!

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