Tao kuih
Tao kuih (Chinese: 红桃粿) is a kind of traditional food in Chaoshan area, Guangdong, China. Tao means peach in Chinese and kuih (粿) is a general name of a class of food, which is made from rice flour, flour and tapioca. “净米也,
Ingredients
[edit]Main ingredients include rice flour, glutinous rice, mushroom, tiniest shrimps, peanut, garlic, pork, etc.[2] Additional ingredients can include MSG, pepper, oil, salt, etc.[2]
Nutritional value
[edit]Glutinous rice is the main filling of tao kuih, which fully contains proteins, fat, saccharides, starch, Ca, F, Fe, vitamin B1, vitamin B2.[3] Traditional Chinese medical science think it can invigorate spleen-stomach and replenish Qi, and it do help to your spleen and stomach. What is more, glutinous rice can remission frequency of urination.
kuih mould
[edit] Tao kuih always have beautiful patterns on it because of tao kuih mould. Tao kuih moulds have various kinds of patterns in different area, which is mainly make from peach woods. Peaches also reflect longevity and good marriage, and most of the tao kuih will have a “