The 15th day of the first month is the end of the year.
According to local tradition, Tangyuan is basically eaten in the south and Yuanxiao in the north.
However, Tangyuan is not equal to Yuanxiao. They are very different, do you know?
Difference 1:
The glutinous rice balls are [are] wrapped
Yuanxiao is [rolled] out
Tangyuan is to mix raw glutinous rice flour into flour balls with hot or cold water, and then wrap various fillings in the pericardium.
Yuanxiao is to make solid stuffing and cut it into small pieces, dip it in water, then shake it on the sieve full of raw glutinous rice flour, and then roll the stuffing into balls.
Difference 2:
Tangyuan has changeable tastes,
Yuanxiao has a single taste,
Tangyuan stuffing can be salty or sweet, meat or vegetable. Apart from the most traditional black sesame and bean paste, there are many fruits, flowers and coarse cereals on the market. Of course, there are also plum vegetables, roasted meat and mushroom fresh meat stuffing that stir up the national contradiction of “salty and sweet dispute”.
Yuanxiao is relatively single and is traditionally sweet, with various new flavors gradually added.
Difference 3:
Tangyuan is cooked for a short time.
Yuanxiao takes a long time to cook.
Tangyuan and Yuanxiao are mostly cooked, fried and fried.
It takes less time to cook glutinous rice balls, about 3-5 minutes to float.
It takes longer to cook Yuanxiao, and the boiled soup becomes muddy because the raw glutinous rice flour absorbs water.
Difference 4:
Long Frozen Preservation of Tangyuan
Lantern Festival is now on sale on the same day.
Frozen glutinous rice balls can be bought all over the country all year round.
Some areas in the south eat during the Spring Festival and winter solstice.
Yuanxiao is easy to crack after being kept for a few more days or frozen, so usually only the north can make it on the spot and sell it on the same day, which is more like a festival atmosphere.
Tangyuan Yuanxiao is eaten like this.
Healthy and not fat
To get back to the point, many friends are not concerned about whether you call Tangyuan or Yuanxiao, but which is better to eat and not to gain weight!
1. Prefer salty ones
Of course, if it is acceptable. Apart from being too high in sodium, fresh meat dumplings have the least carbohydrate, the best protein content and even slightly lower fat content than sweet ones in all flavors. It is a good choice to cook green leafy vegetables, shrimps and mushrooms in the soup.
2. Choose traditional black sesame, bean paste, peanut and five-kernel stuffing
What I ate was relatively real nuts and miscellaneous beans. Sweet glutinous rice balls should be boiled with little or no sugar water as far as possible. Try to eat less fried glutinous rice balls and fried glutinous rice balls to reduce oil intake and indigestion.
3. Choose purple potato, purple rice and pumpkin flavors
However, they are not [low calorie], [healthy] and [nutritious] as advertised in packaging advertisements. After all, the addition of coarse and miscellaneous grain materials is very limited. Some [xylitol] formulas can be selected, but still cannot be eaten more.
4. Finally, choose fruit, flower or chocolate flavor
The stuffing of fruits and flowers often relies on more essence to provide flavor, and the amount of sugar and oil will not be less at all. Health factors such as vitamin C and cellulose in the fruit itself are even more impossible to eat in the stuffing.
When purchasing, please pay attention to the packaging and look at the ingredient list. Some products will be marked with [filling percentage content], and you will find that products with filling ≥ 25% are more expensive than products with filling ≥ 18%.
4 Tangyuan = 1 bowl of rice?
Pay attention to not eating more staple food during dinner after eating glutinous rice balls and yuanxiao. Don’t eat it for 3 hours before going to bed.
Eating too many glutinous rice balls is actually not a big problem either. Eat one more glutinous rice balls, as long as you walk quickly for 20 minutes, it is OK. Well, one, it only takes 20 minutes…
Responsible Editor: Tu Tu
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Today is the Lantern Festival,
I wish everyone a happy holiday and remember to eat Tangyuan ~
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