Can pregnant women eat steamed cakes?

The color of steamed cake is very beautiful and sweet. It is added with dates, which makes it fragrant, glutinous and non-sticky. It is easy to digest and nourishes the stomach. It is a snack often eaten by many children and the elderly. Pregnant women can also eat steamed cake during pregnancy, but it is best to make it at home because it will be more reassuring and safer.

Nutritional Value

The finished product is as white as jade, with holes as fine as needles. It smells fresh and fragrant, and tastes sweet but not greasy, and glutinous but not sticky. Its biggest feature is that it is fermented by adding an appropriate amount of glutinous rice wine during the production process. It is rich in nutrients and is especially suitable for consumption by the elderly and children.

Production

The making of steamed cake is quite particular. First, you need to choose refined glutinous rice to remove impurities such as sand and stones, rinse it repeatedly with clean water, and then soak it in clean water for 3-6 hours. After the rice grains swell, filter the water and grind the wet rice into rice paste. Next, filter the rice slurry to remove particles, add white sugar (or brown sugar) and baking powder, stir well and pour into a special steamer.

After the water in the steamer boils, put the steamer in, cover the pot, keep the heat and steam for about 40 minutes, then take it out and let it cool, cut into small pieces and eat. Fagao gets its name from the Chinese character "Fa" in its name and is commonly used as a special food for various ceremonies in life, such as birthdays, housewarmings, weddings, etc. As a result, as long as you stick a "Xi" character cut out of red paper on the top of the cake, it can be used as an auspicious gift. Because the finished product is often mixed with red powder and is huge in size, it is also called big red steamed cake. The name of the big red steamed cake is taken from the Chinese character "发" (Fa) in Chinese and is commonly used in various happy events in life and can be regarded as a special food for happy events. In Huizhou, birthdays, births, and weddings are all very particular about it.

Generally, the big steamed cake is cut into small pieces and given as return gifts to guests and relatives, or distributed to neighbors and villagers. Today, city residents and suburban farmers are still very particular about it. To make steamed cakes, pure glutinous rice is usually used, with sugar, baking powder or cake seeds added. It is then steamed in a large container into a huge size. If the steamed cakes are very large, the host will be particularly pleased.

Instructions

If steamed cake is left until the next day to be eaten, it should be steamed again before eating to prevent it from being too hard.

Steamed cake is also a special food, which is very popular in Huizhou, but it is not usually available on the market, so it is not common.