One piece of black and white blood-replenishing glutinous rice balls has only 50 calories

The winter solstice, the time for eating glutinous rice balls, is coming soon. Do you want to try something new this year? Why not catch up with the black and white healing trend started by the little panda "Yuan Zai" and have a bowl of healthy blood-enriching "Xiangsi Black and White Glutinous Rice Balls". The skin is made of tofu and glutinous rice, and wrapped with bursting brown sugar. Each creative black and white glutinous rice ball has only 50 calories, which is half the calories of traditional peanut or sesame glutinous rice balls. Paired with warm red bean soup, it is more suitable for women who are losing weight or suffering from menstruation.

Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital developed the creative "Acacia Black and White Glutinous Rice Balls", which contain bursting black sugar. Each ball has only 50 calories, making it low-calorie and healthy. (Photo provided by Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital)

Eating glutinous rice dumplings during the winter solstice implies "reunion" and "perfection", but traditional glutinous rice dumplings are made with glutinous rice as the main ingredient. They are high in calories and difficult to digest, making them unsuitable for women who are losing weight or patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.

As the trend of health and wellness is prevalent, nutritionist Lin Yunshan from the Hualien Tzu Chi Medical Center has designed a new glutinous rice dumpling recipe. She will halve the amount of traditional glutinous rice and add an equal amount of tender tofu to make a chewy glutinous rice dumpling skin, which reduces the burden of digestion and calories and increases nutrients such as protein, calcium, vitamin E, soy lecithin, and cysteine.

Nutritionist Lin Yunshan said that the vitamin E contained in tofu can prevent aging and has a beauty effect on women; and the soy lecithin in tofu is beneficial to the growth and development of nerves, blood vessels and brain, and can prevent the occurrence of dementia.

As the winter solstice is approaching, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital has developed the "Acacia Black and White Glutinous Rice Balls". (Photo provided by Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital)

What’s even more special is that the glutinous rice balls are also filled with brown sugar, which has the effects of replenishing blood, producing blood, calming the mind and soothing blood. You can enjoy the bursting taste with just a light bite. Each creative black and white glutinous rice ball has only 50 calories, which is half the calories of traditional peanut or sesame glutinous rice balls. It is suitable for women who love desserts but are afraid of getting fat, or who often have menstrual problems.

The nutritional value of brown sugar is richer than that of granulated sugar or white sugar. It contains more amino acids, vitamin B2, carotene, pantothenic acid, some trace minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, zinc and digestive sucrose enzyme, etc. Calcium and magnesium can work together to play a calming and relaxing role; iron can replenish the loss during menstruation, making people less likely to feel tired.

【Acacia black and white glutinous rice balls (brown sugar tofu glutinous rice balls)】

Serving size: 5 servings
Material:
1. Glutinous Rice Balls—100g soft tofu, 100g glutinous rice flour, 1 spoon of brown sugar.
2. Red bean soup—100g red beans, 10 spoons of brown sugar.
practice:
1. Use your hands to mix the soft tofu and glutinous rice flour in a 1:1 ratio and mix them into a smooth glutinous rice dough.
2. Roll the glutinous rice dough into small balls, press it lightly with your thumb to make a round groove, wrap it with a spoonful of brown sugar and roll it into a ball.
3. Put into boiling water and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. When the dumplings float up, add red bean soup and it is done.
Calories:
1. The above ingredients can make about 10 medium-sized dumplings, with an average of 50 calories per dumpling, for a total of 500 calories, which is half the calories of traditional peanut or sesame dumplings.
2. A bowl of red bean soup has about 200 calories, plus 2 brown sugar tofu dumplings have 100 calories, so one serving is about 250 calories.

Brown sugar contains nutrients such as calcium and iron, which can help relax and eliminate fatigue. It is a holy health product for women during their menstrual period.

【Health Tips】

However, nutritionist Lin Yunshan reminds that no matter what it is, excessive intake will cause burden to the body, especially for many chronic disease patients, they must pay attention to the principle of moderation, and consume no more than 2 to 3 dumplings a day so as not to cause burden to the body.