How did the name of Donkey Roll come from? What is the powder on the surface of Donkey Roll?

Soybean powder is rich in protein and minerals, and is more easily absorbed by the human body than soybeans. There are many ways to eat it. The most convenient way is to brew it and drink it. It can also be paired with milk. It is low in calories and high in nutrition. A cup of it every morning will make you feel full. Donkey rolls are one of the more famous foods, and are very popular and loved by people. Although this donkey roll is a famous Beijing snack, it is not particularly troublesome to eat. Let's learn more about it!

Contents of this article

1. The origin of the name of Donkey Roll

2. What is the powder on the surface of the donkey roll?

3. Which one has higher calories, donkey rolls or bread?

The origin of the name of Donkey Roll

Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty loved to eat cakes, but there were only a few kinds of cakes in the palace, and there was no fresh one. Empress Dowager Cixi asked the imperial kitchen to make a cake that had never been made before. The chefs in the imperial kitchen thought for a long time and finally decided to make a cake with glutinous rice flour and red bean paste. They wrapped the red bean paste in glutinous rice flour and steamed it in a pot. After the cake was cooked, it was placed on the table and was about to be sent to Cixi. Unexpectedly, a eunuch named Xiaoluer came to the imperial kitchen and accidentally touched the cake into the basin of soybean flour. This made the chefs very anxious. It was too late to redo it, so they could only present this dessert with soybean flour to Empress Dowager Cixi. When Cixi saw it, she thought the appearance of this dessert was quite creative and it tasted good, so she asked the chef in the imperial kitchen: "What is the name of this cake?" The chef thought of the eunuch named Little Donkey, and replied: "It's called 'Donkey Rolling'." Later, this snack spread to the people, and "Donkey Rolling" became one of the Beijingers' favorite snacks.

What is the powder on the surface of donkey rolls?

The powder on the surface of donkey rolls is soybean powder. To make soybean powder, you can first wash the soybeans and drain the water, put the soybeans in a heated frying pan, turn to medium-low heat, and stir-fry with a spatula. When the soybeans are fragrant, scoop them out and pour them into a wall-breaking machine to grind them into soybean powder, filter them and grind them again, repeat about 3 times, and the soybean powder is ready.

Donkey rolls are a Beijing snack, made mainly of soybean flour, glutinous rice flour and red bean paste. The powdery substance on its surface is soybean flour. At the same time, it is also named "donkey rolls" because the soybean flour sprinkled on it in the final production process is like the yellow dust raised by wild donkeys in the suburbs of old Beijing.

Soybean powder is rich in protein and minerals and is more easily absorbed by the human body than soybeans. There are many ways to eat it. The most convenient way is to brew it and drink it. You can also drink it with milk. It is low in calories and high in nutrition. Having a cup every morning will give you a good feeling of fullness.

When making donkey rolls, first add glutinous rice flour and water to knead into dough, and knead the dough to be soft. Also, fry the soybeans and roll them into flour. Then roll the steamed glutinous rice dough flat, spread it with red bean paste, roll it up, roll it in soybean flour, and cut it into sections.

Which one has higher calories, donkey rolls or bread?

Compared with bread, donkey rolls have higher calories. The human body requires energy for all life activities, such as synthetic reactions of material metabolism, muscle contraction, gland secretion, etc., and these energies mainly come from food.

The nutrients contained in animal and plant foods can be divided into five categories: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, minerals and vitamins. If water is included, it can be divided into six categories. Among them, carbohydrates, fats (fat can also store calories) and proteins can release energy through oxidation in the body. The three are collectively called "energy-generating nutrients" or "heat sources".