Salt
Salt, also known as table salt, is one of the most important substances for human survival, indispensable, and the most commonly used seasoning in cooking. Each person needs 6 to 10 grams of salt per day to maintain normal heart activity, normal osmotic pressure and acid-base balance in the body, and salt is the carrier of salty taste. The main chemical component of salt, sodium chloride, is 99% of the salt. In some regions, potassium chloride is added to salt to lower the sodium chloride content and reduce the incidence of hypertension.
White Sugar
White sugar is directly extracted from sugar beet or sugar cane juice. Sugar is an important condiment, which can increase the sweetness and freshness of dishes and add color to products, and is the main flavoring raw material for making dishes, especially beet varieties. Sugar is one of the main sources of nutrition for the human body, and the body's consumption is maintained by the heat energy produced by the oxidation of sugar, and about 70% of the energy required for human activities is supplied by sugar. The most commonly used include white sugar, rock sugar, brown sugar several. White sugar is flat and has a high purity; brown sugar is wet and has more impurities; and rock sugar is crystallized sugar.
Pepper
Pepper is a spice with a special aroma, pepper taste pungent aromatic, hot, in addition to fishy aroma, but also in addition to the cold, eliminating the effect of food, but more food will stimulate the gastric mucosa and cause congestion. Pepper powder is made of dried pepper crushed, there are two kinds of white pepper powder and black pepper powder. Black pepper powder is processed from unripe fruit, white pepper powder is picked and processed after the fruit is fully ripe.
Pepper Powder
Pepper powder is a kind of spice made from pepper. The production steps are: take the clean pepper after drying, put it into the frying pan, fry it with a gentle fire, stirring constantly while frying; or fry it with a frying machine at 120-130℃ for 6-10 minutes, take it out and cool it naturally to room temperature, crush it with a grinder to 80-100 mesh, put it into a plastic film compound bag according to the quantity, and seal it as the finished pepper powder. Pepper is a unique spice in China, ranked as the first of the seasoning "13 spices". Whether braised, marinated, small dishes, Sichuan kimchi and other dishes are available to it.
Cumin Powder
Cumin powder is mainly made by blending and grinding aniseed with star anise, cinnamon and other spices. Cumin powder is one of the most commonly used seasonings in our life. It is often used in cooking beef and lamb to get rid of the fishy taste and make the meat more tender. Cumin removes the stinkiness of lamb and adds a new flavor to it, which is why it is most commonly used when grilling lamb kebabs. Cumin is fennel, which is produced in Xinjiang and is called cumin to distinguish it from southern fennel, also known as aniseed.
Chicken Essence
Chicken essence is not extracted from chicken, it is made by adding chemical seasoning to MSG. It is called chicken essence because the nucleotides carry the freshness of chicken meat, and it is fresher than MSG. It can be used in all occasions where MSG is used, and can be added to dishes, soups and pasta in appropriate amounts to achieve results. Chicken essence contains not only monosodium glutamate, but also a variety of amino acids. It can increase people's appetite as well as provide some nutrition as a home-made condiment. Chicken essence has a relative shelf life of 1-2 years because it is a compound condiment, while 95% pure MSG has a shelf life of 3 years.
Five Spice Powder
Five Spice Powder is a mixture of more than five spices ground into a powder form. Its name comes from the Chinese culture's requirement for a balance of five flavors: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. It is often used to coat chicken and duck meats before frying or deep-frying, and can also be mixed with fine salt for dipping purposes. Five spice powder has a variety of different flavors and different names due to different ingredients, such as spicy powder, fresh spicy powder, etc. It is an indispensable seasoning for home cooking and meal preparation. The basic ingredients of five spice powder are ground pepper, cinnamon, star anise, cloves and cumin seeds.
Starch
Starch can be considered as a polymer of glucose. It is sweet in taste, flat in nature, and belongs to the spleen and stomach meridians; it can benefit the middle energy, stop diarrhea and dysentery, regulate the Ying and Wei, facilitate urination, eliminate carbuncles and swellings, and detoxify milk stones; starch is rich in high-quality protein and carotene, which can improve the body's ability to resist and recover from diseases, enhance the body's immune function, prevent the synthesis of human carcinogens, and reduce the incidence of human cancer.