What can yam flour do?

Because yam is also a potato crop, it contains a large amount of starch, so yam can also be made into yam flour like other potato crops. For example, sweet potato flour made from sweet potatoes can be used to make sweet potato balls. Many people don’t know what to do when faced with yam flour. Today’s article summarizes several snacks that can be made using yam flour.

Ingredients: 130 grams of yam

35 grams of wolfberry

300g low-gluten flour

4 grams instant yeast

25g granulated sugar

Baking powder 3 grams

3 grams of salt

How to make Chinese yam and wolfberry steamed buns:

1. Peel the yam, wash it, grind it into paste and set aside.

2. Mix all ingredients in Material B evenly, then add in the yam paste and knead into a smooth dough. Cover with a damp cloth or plastic wrap and let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes.

3. Take 25g of the dough from step 2 and cut it into a rectangle. Add wolfberries and roll the dough into a tube. Let it rest for 15 minutes.

4. Place the Chinese yam and wolfberry steamed buns prepared in step 3 into a steamer with boiling water and steam over low heat for about 10 to 12 minutes.

The efficacy and function of yam

Yam is mild, sweet and non-toxic. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yam has many functions such as strengthening the spleen, nourishing the lungs, consolidating the kidneys, and improving the essence. It also has a certain therapeutic effect on symptoms such as lung deficiency cough, spleen deficiency diarrhea, kidney deficiency spermatorrhea, leucorrhea and frequent urination.

1. Strengthen the spleen and stomach, aid digestion

Yam contains substances such as amylase and polyphenol oxidase, which are beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. It is a medicinal and food product that can nourish the spleen and stomach. It can be eaten regardless of spleen yang deficiency or stomach yin deficiency. It is commonly used clinically to treat symptoms such as weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, fatigue, and diarrhea.

2. Nourishes the kidneys and improves essence

Yam contains a variety of nutrients, which can strengthen the body, nourish the kidneys and improve essence. It can be taken for symptoms such as spermatorrhea caused by kidney deficiency, excessive leucorrhea in women, and frequent urination.

3. Nourishes the lungs and relieves cough

Yam contains saponins and mucus, which have lubricating and moisturizing effects, so it can benefit the lung qi, nourish the lung yin, and treat symptoms of lung deficiency, phlegm, cough and long-term cough.

4. Lowers blood sugar

Yam contains mucus protein, which has the effect of lowering blood sugar. It can be used to treat diabetes and is a good food therapy for diabetics.

5. Prolong life

Yam contains a large amount of mucus protein, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent the precipitation of blood lipids in the blood vessel walls, prevent cardiovascular diseases, and achieve the effects of improving the mind, calming the nerves, and prolonging life.

6. Anti-hepatic coma

Recent studies have found that yam has a sedative effect and can be used to prevent hepatic coma.