What is jelly made of?

People in the southwest region have a special snack, which is jelly. The snack jelly is somewhat similar to cold noodles and cold skin. Both are cold foods and are made from flour. Adding other condiments during consumption will make the taste very good. Especially in some areas with stronger flavors, such as Sichuan or Shaanxi, chili oil is added when eating jelly. What is the production process of jelly?

1. What is jelly?

Jelly is eaten with soy sauce, vinegar and chili oil. It is refreshing and smooth, and is a summer food. There are generally two ways to eat jelly: one is to eat it cold, and the other is to fry it. Meng Yuanlao's "Dongjing Menghualu" in the Song Dynasty stated that jelly was already available in Bianliang during the Northern Song Dynasty.

2. What is jelly made of?

Jelly is made in different parts of the country with different flavors, usually made from mung bean starch, pea starch, or sweet potato starch.

3. Nutritional value and efficacy of jelly

(1) Pea jelly

1. Enhance the body's immune function: Peas are rich in various nutrients needed by the human body, especially high-quality protein, which can improve the body's disease resistance and recovery ability.

2. Anti-cancer and cancer-treating peas are rich in carotene. Eating them can prevent the synthesis of carcinogens in the human body, thereby reducing the formation of cancer cells and reducing the incidence of cancer in the human body.

3. Promote bowel movement: Peas are rich in crude fiber, which can promote bowel movements, keep bowel movements smooth, and clean the large intestine.

(2) Mung Bean Jelly

1. The protein and phospholipids contained in mung beans have the function of stimulating nerves and increasing appetite, which is necessary for increasing nutrition for many important organs of the body;

2. The polysaccharide components in mung beans can enhance the activity of serum lipoproteinase, hydrolyze triglycerides in lipoprotein to achieve the effect of lowering blood lipids, thereby preventing and treating coronary heart disease and angina pectoris;

3. Mung beans contain a kind of globulin and polysaccharide, which can promote the decomposition of cholesterol in the animal body into bile acid in the liver, accelerate the secretion of bile salts in bile and reduce the absorption of cholesterol in the small intestine;

4. According to clinical experiments, the active ingredients of mung beans have anti-allergic effects and can treat diseases such as urticaria;

5. Mung beans have an inhibitory effect on staphylococci and certain viruses, and can clear away heat and detoxify;

6. Mung beans are rich in trypsin inhibitors, which can protect the liver, reduce protein decomposition, and thus protect the kidneys.

I think everyone knows what jelly is made of. The raw materials and processing techniques for making jelly are different, and pea jelly is a little more complicated. Eating jelly in summer can stimulate appetite and relieve heat, while eating jelly in winter by heating it and mixing it with chili and other seasonings can also dispel cold. Since the main ingredient of jelly is starch, you cannot drink alcohol when eating jelly.