Qingtuan Zi is a traditional food for Qingming Festival. So, what is the 'green' of qingtuan? Is the color of qingtuan green because of the pigment added? So it is not recommended to buy qingtuan with bright color.
Why is the Youth League blue
The traditional green ball is a green cake made of wormwood juice, glutinous rice and flour. Green is the color of wormwood juice. The Green League is very delicious. It is stuffed with sweet bean paste and chewed. The soft glutinous rice is wrapped in the stuffing heart, with a strong fragrance of wormwood. It's full of spring.
Is there pigment in the Green League
Some people doubt whether the cyan color of the Youth League is due to the addition of pigment. Generally speaking, it is not. There is no pigment in the Green League. It is forbidden to add artificial colors and preservatives.
Therefore, this also shows that do not covet, some Green League shelf life is longer, such as that can be placed for 2-3 weeks, it is suspected to add preservatives. The normal processing of the Green League, shelf life is only a few days, should be eaten as soon as possible after purchase.
What kind of juice can green dumplings use
The traditional Green League is green because it uses wormwood. Some of them are made of wheat straw, some of them are made of wormwood juice, some of them are made of other green leaf vegetable juice and glutinous rice flour, and then they are made of bean paste. So cyan is not necessarily the color of wormwood.
At present, there are mainly three kinds of Youth League on the market. One is the most authentic Youth League, which is handmade with fresh wormwood and sold in farmers' markets. The other is made of wheat green water, and the other is made of wormwood powder. Fresh wormwood, wheat green water, wormwood powder are safe to use.
The Green League made of fresh wormwood has a strong fragrance. Its shelf life is relatively short, only 1-2 days. It does not contain preservatives and has a pure taste. Most of the green leagues on the market are made of wheat green juice, because wormwood is more seasonal. However, wheat green, a plant similar to wheat, does not grow well and has no fruit, but the juice is thick and fragrant, so it is convenient to make green leagues. Generally, the "Youth League" sold in cake shops have beautiful packaging and good sales. Most of them are produced by assembly line machines. They usually put a certain amount of preservatives and additives. The storage time is from half a month to a month, but the taste and aroma are relatively poor.
Don't buy the brightly colored Youth League
Green League is generally not pigmented, but some businesses in order to sell well, may also add pigment. Therefore, we should be cautious to buy some 'Green League' with bright colors, which may be due to the addition of pigment.
Because the color of the normal Youth League is generally dark, not too green. In particular, the Green League made of natural wormwood or wormwood powder has a deeper color and a slight dark color after steaming. For example, in order to reduce costs, some businesses will use some green vegetables and celery juice to make green leagues. Because the color of the green leagues made from these materials is light cyan and too light, they will also add some artificial pigments. The green leagues with pigments will be transparent and sell well, so it's easy to cheat people.
In addition, the green ball made of natural wormwood will have a special plant fragrance, but the pigment green ball will not. The pigment green ball may still remain in the nose, tongue and throat when it is eaten, so we should pay attention to distinguish.