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Apart from instant noodles, egg noodles It is also popular as a delicious dish. Usually processed into fried noodles or boiled noodles. Egg noodles also have benefits, you know!
A type of noodle that is no less popular than instant noodles in Indonesia is egg noodles. Noodles made from a mixture of wheat flour and eggs are often offered dry or wet. The texture is soft and slightly chewy when cooked.
Indonesian people usually process it egg noodles by frying or boiling. Many people also use egg noodles as a complement to meatball, soto and seblak dishes.
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Judging from the ingredients used, namely wheat flour and eggs, egg noodles are of course better than instant noodles. So, is consuming it too often safe for your health?
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Reporting from WebMD and Health Line, the following are facts about the nutritional content and benefits of egg noodles:
1. Nutritional Content of Egg Noodles
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To see the nutritional content of egg noodles, it must be compared with pasta. So, it can be concluded which type is healthier.
If you look at the calorie content, egg noodles win compared to pasta. 100 grams of egg noodles have 20 fewer calories than spaghetti.
Then, the protein content of egg noodles is below that of pasta, even though one of the raw ingredients is eggs. This is about 1.3 grams less protein than 100 grams of pasta.
In terms of calcium content, egg noodles are 2 times higher than pasta. If egg noodles have 12 milligrams of calcium, pasta only has 7 milligrams.
According to Health Line, 160 grams of cooked egg noodles contain important nutrients, such as 7 grams of protein, 2 grams of fiber, zinc, iron, folate, riboflavin, selenium, and others.
Egg noodles are similar to pasta, but the difference is in the calories and carbohydrates. Egg noodles contain 221 calories, 40 grams of carbohydrates and 3 grams of fat per 160 grams of cooked egg noodles.
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2. Benefits of Egg Noodles
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Egg noodles do have a delicious taste if prepared in the right way. Apart from being delicious, egg noodles have various health benefits.
Reporting from Health Line, the selenium content in egg noodles plays a role in maintaining the body’s immunity. Then there are also B vitamins contained in folate, riboflavin, and niacin which can provide energy and make the brain healthy.
Indeed, egg noodles can provide additional nutrition that instant noodles do not provide. However, don’t just eat egg noodles, there must be other ingredients to complement it. Such as adding vegetables, protein and other sources of nutrition.
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