Can a one-year-old baby eat glutinous rice balls?

Tangyuan, symbolizes a happy reunion in the new year. Almost every household will eat tangyuan during the Lantern Festival. Children also want to eat tangyuan, but tangyuan is made of glutinous rice flour. Normally, it is not recommended for children to eat tangyuan. Children’s digestive system is relatively weak. If they eat tangyuan, it can easily cause indigestion in babies and affect their health. Parents should not feed their babies tangyuan.

Can one-year-old babies eat glutinous rice balls?

Babies under three years old not only have difficulty digesting food, but are also prone to choking and suffocation. Especially for babies under one year old, if the dumplings stick to their esophagus, it can be life-threatening.

From a nutritional point of view, the skin of glutinous rice balls contains a high level of B vitamins. During the cooking process of glutinous rice balls, 45% of the B vitamins will dissolve in the soup. This is what the old people always say: original soup and original food. Vitamin B1 can promote the synthesis of acetylcholine in the human body, enhance gastrointestinal motility and the secretory function of the digestive glands.

If your baby is already one year old, he can eat soup while you eat the dumplings.

Fruit dumplings have become popular in recent years. Not only are they filled with fruits and jams, but a bowl of them is also filled with fruity aroma. The specific steps are as follows

Cut dragon fruit, strawberries, kiwi, red dates, pineapple, mango and other fruits into small pieces for later use.

To cook the glutinous rice balls, put the glutinous rice balls into the pot after the water boils and cook over high heat until the glutinous rice balls float on the water. Stir the pan gently halfway through to prevent sticking.

Take out the glutinous rice balls and serve with the Yuanxiao soup used to cook the glutinous rice balls. (If you cook fewer glutinous rice balls, you can thicken the sauce with water starch and pour it on the glutinous rice balls.)

Let it cool until warm, put the fruit in, drizzle with a little yogurt and mix well.

If the baby is under three years old, in the third step, take out the Yuanxiao and eat it, and then give the baby the soup used to cook the Yuanxiao to soak in fruits and yogurt.

Even for babies over three years old, they should remember to drink more soup after eating the glutinous rice balls. It is better to eat them in the morning, and it is best not to eat glutinous rice balls for dinner. Do not eat glutinous rice balls on an empty stomach to avoid stomach discomfort caused by excessive gastric acid secretion. Children under eight years old should not exceed six pills per meal.

When buying glutinous rice balls, don't buy the ones that are frozen in bulk in supermarkets. They are not safe because they don't have a definite shelf life.