What kinds of rice are rice cakes made of? How to make them?

Introduction of rice cake knowledge: The rice cakes eaten on holidays are mostly seasonal foods made of glutinous rice (glutinous rice) or glutinous rice flour with different accessories.

There are many kinds of rice cakes, such as the white rice cakes in the north, the yellow rice cakes of farmers in Saibei, the Shuimo rice cakes in the south of the Yangtze River, and the red turtle rice cakes in Taiwan Province Province. Rice cakes have different flavors from north to south.

There are steamed rice cakes and fried rice cakes in the north, both of which are sweet; In addition to steaming and frying, southern rice cakes are also sliced and cooked in soup, which is both sweet and salty.

It is said that the earliest rice cakes were used to worship gods and ancestors on New Year's Eve, and later became food for the Spring Festival.

The rice cake is not only a kind of holiday food, but also brings people new hope with the passing of a year. As a poem in the late Qing Dynasty said, "People's hearts are high, and food is harmonious, so that the year is better than the year to pray for the year." Nutritional analysis of rice cakes: Rice cakes contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, nicotinic acid, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and other nutrients. Supplementary information on rice cakes: Eating rice cakes is one of the customs of China people. The rice cake is an indispensable holiday food, which is said to have been handed down from Suzhou. Its origin has such a legend:

Suzhou was the capital of Wu in the ancient Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the princes dominated and the war lasted for years. Wu built a solid wall to stop the enemy attack.

On this day, the king of Wu gave a banquet to celebrate. During the dinner, the ministers indulged in drinking and having fun, thinking that with a strong city, they could rest easy. See these, China's prime minister Wu Zixu is very worried. He called his entourage and said, "The civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty now think that high walls can protect the peace of the State of Wu. Although the city wall can resist enemy soldiers, the people inside will be equally restrained if they want to go out. If the enemy does not fight around, isn't Wu trapped in a cocoon? If you get carried away, you will be in trouble. If anything happens to me, Wu is trapped and food and grass are scarce, you can go to Xiangmen City to dig three feet to get food. " The entourage thought that Wu Zixu was drunk, but he didn't take it seriously. Soon, the King of Qi died, and Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. He listened to greed and committed suicide for Wu Zixu. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, sent troops to attack the State of Wu and surrounded the capital of Wu. Wu Jun was trapped in the city, and women and children cried in the street. At this time, the waiter remembered Wu Zixu's previous instructions, and quickly called the neighbors to dig food outside Xiangmen. When he dug three feet deep under the city wall, he found that the city brick was made of glutinous rice flour. People were so excited that they knelt down to the wall and thanked Wu Zixu. These wax powders saved the whole city. Since then, every household has made a "city brick" of glutinous rice flour as a sacrifice to Wu Zixu during the Chinese New Year. Over time, it is called rice cake.

On the first day of the Spring Festival, people pay attention to eating rice cakes, which means "getting taller every year".

Rice cakes are suitable for people: the general population can eat them.

Old people, children or patients need to eat more carefully; People who are obese, have diabetes or other chronic diseases (such as kidney disease and hyperlipidemia) should stop taking it. Guidance on the practice of rice cakes: glutinous rice food should be heated before eating. Cold glutinous rice food is not only hard, but also affects the taste and is not easy to digest.