Taipei City United Hospital designed and launched the "Hao Tun Version of Liufu Xiaotangyuan", which changes the texture of the glutinous rice balls and soup base, and increases the smoothness of the entrance.

(Photo by reporter Cai Yahua)

[Reporter Cai Yahua/Taipei Report] February 5th is the Lantern Festival. People can’t help but eat glutinous rice balls for the occasion, but it is a dangerous food for the elderly and patients who have difficulty chewing. There have been cases of tracheal infarction caused by swallowing glutinous rice balls at home and abroad. Taipei The Municipal United Hospital designed and launched the "easy to swallow version" of Liufu small glutinous rice balls to increase the smoothness of the entrance. Li Yaling, director of the Department of Stomatology of Lianyi Medical, said that if people eat glutinous rice balls and have difficulty swallowing, they can use the Hamlic method to remove them first. Foreign body blockage, and send to the doctor for treatment as soon as possible.

Lianyi announced the recipe of Liufu Xiaotangyuan, using 20 grams each of pumpkin, purple sweet potato, black fungus, white fungus, carrot, and green vegetables, 240 grams of glutinous rice flour, and 120 grams of water. Knead 40 grams of glutinous rice flour into small glutinous rice balls; take out 40 grams of small glutinous rice balls, add 80 grams of water, 3 grams of food shaping adjustment powder, heat to 80 degrees, stir well, pour into a round mold box, add thickener to the soup base to complete 6 Rice dumplings for one person.

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The Swallowing Team of Lianyi also launched the recipe of "Sweet Glutinous Rice Balls with Walnut and Milk". Just the right amount of thickener and you're done.

Li Yaling pointed out that dangerous foods are divided into 0 to 7 levels. Generally, the commercially available glutinous rice balls belong to the 6th level, and the soup base belongs to the 1st level. Because the texture of the commercially available glutinous rice balls is more elastic and sticky to the teeth, it is not suitable for the elderly or those with swallowing disorders. Foods that are easy to swallow, especially soup bases made of water, are highly fluid, which can easily cause people to cough and damage the trachea.

The Nutrition Department of the United Medical Center stated that the general public can add food shaping adjustment powder and thickener to ordinary glutinous rice balls and soup bases, heat and stir and reprocess, which will make the glutinous rice balls and soup bases smoother and easier to swallow. Thickeners are all commercially available.

Li Yaling said that the appearance of the Haotun version of Liufu Xiaotangyuan is the same as that of ordinary glutinous rice balls, hoping to create the joy and warmth of eating together for the elderly and their families.

The doctor of Taipei Municipal United Hospital designed and launched the "Hao Tun Version of Liufu Xiaotangyuan". Li Yaling, director of the Department of Stomatology of United Medicine, demonstrated the tasting of glutinous rice balls.

(Photo by reporter Cai Yahua)

The North City United Hospital pointed out that the public can add food molding powder and thickeners to the glutinous rice balls and soup base, so as to change the texture of the glutinous rice balls, making the entrance smoother, and the elderly can eat them with peace of mind.

(Photo by reporter Cai Yahua)

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