What's the difference between glutinous rice balls and Yuanxiao? Is the dumpling sweet or salty?

Tangyuan is sweet. The way to eat dumplings is mostly boiled, and some people like to fry them. Although Yuanxiao is mainly cooked, it is also fried in some areas. Tangyuan has a particularly high sugar content, and too sweet food will affect the spleen and stomach. Chinese medicine says that "sweet into the spleen" is a sweet food.

For example, glutinous rice balls have a "slow lag" effect. Proper intake can bring energy to the stomach and help digest and absorb the food eaten in the stomach, but eating too much will slow down gastrointestinal peristalsis, leading to hiccups, flatulence, diarrhea, anorexia and indigestion. So you can mix some dumplings at the same time.

Spicy foods such as onion, ginger, garlic and pepper can balance the astringency brought by glutinous rice balls and reduce the harm to the spleen and stomach. Therefore, it is best to eat glutinous rice balls with some side dishes like mashed garlic eggplant onion mixed with fungus, which is not only refreshing, but also more balanced.