Can I eat osmanthus cake during confinement?

Women's bodies need a particularly large amount of nutrition during the confinement period, so it is certainly okay to eat osmanthus cake at this time. It is generally believed that confinement or postpartum rest only lasts about 42 days. During this time, the diet should be nutritious and spicy foods should be avoided. Osmanthus cake is very suitable for people in confinement. Its main ingredients are glutinous rice, sugar and osmanthus honey. It not only tastes very mellow, but also easily arouses people's appetite.

First, let’s talk about the nutritional components of osmanthus cake: it contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, protein, carbohydrates, vitamin B1, iron, phosphorus, potassium and other nutrients. It is easy to digest and absorb, and has the effect of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi.

Let’s talk about how to make osmanthus cake.

. Make cooked flour: Steam the flour in a steamer (20 minutes). Take it out and cool it down, then grind it into fine powder using a grinder. That is mature powder. Wash the glutinous rice in 50-60℃ warm water for 4-5 minutes, scoop it up and spread it in a winnowing basket to drain the water. The next day, fry it with river sand, and then grind it into powder with an electric grinder, which is cake flour. Spread the cake flour on the winnowing basket for 2-3 days, and use your hands to knead the flour into a ball without loosening.

Add 2-2.5 kg of maltose and 7.5 kg of water to 50 kg of white sugar. After boiling, add 1 kg of melted oil and simmer until the temperature reaches about 120℃. When the sugar liquid can be formed into lumps when dropped into water, scoop it up and put it into an ice pot, stir it until it turns into sand, and it will become extracted sugar.

Mix the white sugar, cooked flour, cooked oil cake flour and honey osmanthus evenly according to the ingredients, sieve to remove impurities, and the dough becomes the core. With wooden frame. First, put 1/5 of the mixed base and facings into the frame, use a thin layer as the base, put the heart in the middle, and then use 4/5 of the base and facings to make the cake skin, flatten it, press it tightly, cut it into rectangular strips with a thin knife, and then package it.

In fact, eating osmanthus cake itself is very beneficial. Osmanthus cake contains anti-tumor and antibacterial ingredients. Eating osmanthus cake can effectively prevent colds. In addition, eating osmanthus cake during the confinement period has a certain diuretic and stranguria-draining effect, which can effectively prevent various urinary tract infections. Osmanthus cake has the effect of promoting fluid production and moistening the lungs, and can clear away lung heat.