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Alternatives to Noodles and Rice<main dishes}

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In summer, many people's appetites drop like sliding down a slide.Then, having some cold dishes likecold wheat starch sheets,wheat noodles,rice vermicelli,and sour and spicyvermicelli,would be refreshing and delightful!In people's usual perception, items such as rice vermicelli and wide noodles are categorized under vegetables.They are featured in restaurant menus alongside vegetable dishes rather than main courses.Actually, tracing back to their origins, they are distant relatives of staple foods like grain, noodles, beans,sweet potatoes

.Rice noodles are made from fermented rice,milled into slurry,filtered and washed,steamed,pressed, and washed again;cold bean jelly,rice bean vermicelli,broad bean vermicelli,sweet potatostarch threads,potatovermicelli, etc.;are produced from beans, sweet potatoes, and other foods;noodle sheets are made fromflour.Place a round-bottomed container in boiling water; spread some oil on the surface,pour the slightly thickened dough into it,and cook until done by heating.

Although these foods originate from grains, after processing, their calorie content actually increases somewhat;for example, peastarch andrice bean vermicelli contain more calories than rice or noodles.For those trying to control weight or have high blood sugar,diabetes, be cautious when eating these foods.The same principle applies to eating beans like green soybeans,mung beans,broad beans,potatoes,yams,and taro,which are high in starch;as well as other foods.Starch-rich foods should also follow the same principle.

one is thefern root starch,from ferns,and another is a low-caloriemukubawhich tastes similar to rice vermicelli.Moutan rhizome.and also has anti-cancer and liver-protecting medicinal functions;mukuba contains food fiber, multiple amino acids, and trace elements; regular consumption can clean the intestines, lower cholesterol, and reduce hypertension.It is beneficial for preventing diabetes.