the Eight Diagrams (tai ji ba gua tu )

the Eight Diagrams

Introduction:

"Purple and sweet potatoes are very nutritious. They contain a lot of sugar, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals, as well as carotene and vitamin C. Japanese researchers also recently found that purple sweet potato contains anticancer substances that inhibit the growth of cancer cells. The sweet potato we eat everyday also contains this kind of anti-cancer substance. Purple potato (scientific name: Solanum tuberdsm) is also called black potato. Its flesh is purple to dark purple. In addition to the nutritional components of common sweet potato, it is also rich in selenium and anthocyanins. Anthocyanins have preventive and therapeutic effects on more than 100 diseases, and are known as the seventh most essential nutrients after water, protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins and minerals. Anthocyanins are the most direct, effective and safe free radical scavengers found in the scientific community to prevent and treat diseases and maintain human health. Their ability of scavenging free radicals is 20 times that of vitamin C and 50 times that of vitamin E. Yam is warm in nature and is a good tonic food in winter. Yam contains digestive enzymes, can promote the decomposition of protein and starch, and can promote metabolism, reduce excess fat; yam can also supply a large number of human mucus protein, can prevent fat deposition of cardiovascular system, maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, reduce subcutaneous fat deposition, avoid obesity. Yam, purple sweet potato together to eat, is undoubtedly a winter tonic meal

Production steps:

Step 1: wash yam, purple potato and sweet potato.

Step 2: put yam, purple potato and sweet potato into the pot, steam for 25 minutes and simmer for 10 minutes.

Step 3: steam the yam, purple potato and sweet potato, peel them and put them into 3 bowls.

Step 4: add 2 spoonfuls of sugar to yam, 1 spoonfuls of sugar to purple sweet potato, 1 spoonfuls of milk powder to each, sugar osmanthus juice, yam more. Press into mud with a spoon.

Step 5: put yam mud on the plate and make it half of the eight diagrams. The spatula is the best tool.

Step 6: add purple sweet potato paste to make the other half.

Step 7: button out the eyes with the round head of the flower mounting mouth.

Step 8: put mud in the opposite color.

Step 9: apply sweet potato paste along the periphery.

Step 10: cut the cucumber into 2.5cm strips and 1cm strips.

Step 11: decorate the eight diagrams with cucumbers.

Materials required:

Yam: 1 root

Purple potato: 1

Sweet potato: 1

Milk powder: 3 teaspoons

Sugar: 4 teaspoons

Sweet osmanthus: 2 teaspoons

Cucumber: 1 small root

Note: yam itself is not sweet, add more sugar.

Production difficulty: ordinary

Process: steaming

Production time: one hour

Taste: sweet

Chinese PinYin : Tai Ji Ba Gua Tu