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1. Wash the glutinous rice thoroughly,Steam itintocooked rice；Cut the winter melon intoLarge peas;Crush the notoginseng and mother fritillary;Dissolve the alum in water.2. Peel 6 snow pears, cut a piece from the stem end to use as a cover, scoop out the core with a small knife, immerse them in the alum water to prevent browning, then blanch them in boiling water, cool them in cold water, and place them back into a bowl.
3. Mix the cooked rice, winter melon pieces, and an appropriate amount of sugar candy, then mix in the notoginseng and mother fritillary, divide them into six portions, and fill each pear with one portion, cover with
"cover",place them on a plate, steam in a steamer over high heat for about 50 minutes until the pears are tender. Then it is ready.
4. When serving, eat one pear each time, once in the morning and once at night.
Alum, also known as potassium aluminum sulfate, is commonly referred to as: alum, white alum, potash alum, potassium aluminum sulfate, or potassium alum.
It has a sour and astringent taste, and is cold in nature, toxic.Thus it has antibacterial and astringent effects, used in traditional Chinese medicine.Alum can also be used to prepare aluminum salts, baking powder, paint, tanning materials, clarifiers, dyeing agents, papermaking, waterproofing agents, etc.
When alum is used as a food additive and consumed by humans, it cannot be expelled from the body in its basic form and will remain deposited inside the body forever.
Its toxic side effects mainly manifest in that alum can kill brain cells, leading to premature cerebral atrophy, dementia symptoms, affecting intelligence; though it has little impact on life.
