How to make fried glutinous rice cakes? Is eating glutinous rice good for your health?

Fried glutinous rice cakes are a common food on the market, but those sold outside are usually greasy and not suitable for the elderly. However, many elderly people prefer this dish, which makes filial children wonder if they can make fried glutinous rice cakes at home? In fact, it is very simple to make glutinous rice flour fried cakes at home. You can learn it once you learn it. Let’s take a closer look at it below!

Ingredients for making glutinous rice flour fried cakes

Main ingredients: 100g glutinous rice flour, 100g red bean filling, appropriate amount of oil, appropriate amount of soft sugar, appropriate amount of corn flour

Steps to make glutinous rice flour fried cake

1. The ratio of corn flour to glutinous rice flour is 1 to 4

2. Mix the dough with warm water and let it sit overnight

3. Add appropriate amount of sugar to the red bean paste and mix well

4. Pat the dough into a pancake shape

5. Add fillings

6. Wrap it up little by little and flatten it

7. Put the prepared cakes in a plate with oil.

8. Heat the pan and add more oil to fry the cakes.

9. Fry on medium-low heat until both sides of the pancake are golden brown and puffy.

10. The fried cake is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside with sweet fillings.

Taboos on eating glutinous rice

(1) Glutinous rice is sticky and difficult to digest. It is not advisable to eat too much at one time, especially for the elderly and children.

(2) Patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, and hyperlipidemia should not eat glutinous rice products;

(3) People with excessive damp-heat and phlegm, people with colds, fever, coughs and phlegm, patients with chronic skin eczema, and diabetics with high blood sugar should avoid eating it.

The therapeutic value of glutinous rice

1. Replenishing Qi

It has a certain alleviating effect on spleen and stomach deficiency, poor appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea. It is suitable for nausea, loss of appetite, diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach deficiency, and sweating, shortness of breath and weakness, and abdominal distension during pregnancy caused by qi deficiency.

2. Relieve frequent urination

Glutinous rice has an astringent effect, and eating glutinous rice porridge has a good therapeutic effect on frequent urination and spontaneous sweating.

3. Improve postpartum physical weakness

Glutinous rice has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, stopping diarrhea, and regulating digestion and absorption. It has a soothing effect on symptoms such as weak spleen and stomach, postpartum sweating, and postpartum dysentery. It also has an improving effect on night sweats, blood deficiency, and dizziness caused by physical weakness.

4. Nutritional supplement

Glutinous rice is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, calcium, iron, phosphorus and so on. The phosphorus element can assist in the metabolism of starch and fat, provide calories, and restore physical strength; the rich B vitamins can promote appetite and improve the nervous system.