Hemp flowers(ma hua )

Mahua method:

Raw materials for making Mahua:

Glutinous rice flour 700g, japonica rice flour 300g, sugar 200g, oil 150g.

The process of making twist is as follows:

1. Mix the glutinous rice flour and japonica rice flour, add appropriate amount of water, knead them into dough, divide them into several parts, rub them into strips, and twist the flowers for use. Sugar into the pot, add a little cold water boiled into sugar juice;

2. Put the oil into the clean pot until there is smoke, remove the oil pot from the fire, add the cooked sugar juice, and then bring it back to the fire. Then put the embryo into the oil one by one, and stick it with sugar juice. When the oil surface is golden, remove it and filter out the oil.

Hemp flowers

Mahua is a special fried pasta snack in China. It is said that Chai Wenjin of the Eastern Han Dynasty invented Mahua. It is mainly produced in Xianyang of Shaanxi Province, Jishan of Shanxi Province, Chongyang of Hubei Province, Tianjin and Hunan Province. Jishan of Shanxi Province is famous for its salty and fragrant pastry, Chongyang of Hubei Province for its small Mahua, and Tianjin for its big Mahua. In addition, Mahua in shibajie of Tianjin, Mahua in Ruyang County of Henan, Mahua in Oufen of Jiangsu, Mahua in Ningping of Henan, and Mahua in Zhaoshi of Xinhua of Hunan have their own characteristics. The method is to screw two or three strands of noodles together and fry them.

In northern China, there is an old custom of eating Mahua at the beginning of summer.

Word concept

essential information

Heading: Mahua

Pinyin: m á Hu ā

Phonetic notation: ㄇㄚ ㄏㄨㄚ

English: Pretzel

Citation explanation

1. A kind of food. Screw two or three strands of noodles together and fry them. Lu Xun's "just a collection of Yu Yu Yan": tea shop, bathhouse, Mahua stand, all sell "modern review"

2. Dialect. It is used to describe the appearance that clothes will not be broken after wearing for a long time. The sleeves of this dress are all pockmarked

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3. Dialect. In Sichuan, it's like eating Mahua and twisting together. I can't make it clear. If you see something you can't figure out, ask what kind of twist it is.

Basic meaning

brief introduction

Mahua is a special food in China. Screw two or three strands of noodles together and fry them. Tianjin is famous for producing big Mahua, Shanxi Jishan is famous for its pastry, Suzhou Hangzhou lotus root powder is famous for its original technology, and Hubei Chongyang is famous for its small Mahua.

The main producing areas of Mahua are Tianjin Mahua, Shanxi Jishan Mahua, Shaanxi Xianyang Mahua, Hubei Chongyang Mahua, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou Mahua, etc. Tianjin is famous for producing hemp, Ruyang in Henan Province is famous for pure handmade traditional craft of Eight Legged hemp, Xianyang in Shaanxi Province is famous for biting golden hemp, Suzhou and Hangzhou are famous for handmade lotus root powder hemp, while Jishan hemp in Shanxi Province is salty, about one foot long (there are several sizes), common and crisp, each of which is twisted, stretched and folded for many times, with attractive color, fragrance and can be used as staple food and snack .

Because of its simple production and convenient eating, Mahua has always been highly praised by scholars. Su Dongpo, a great writer of the Song Dynasty, once wrote a poem praising Mahua, a poem about cold utensils, which said: "the delicate hands are rubbed into jade, and the jade is fried in deep yellow oil. It is not important to sleep in spring at night, and the beauty's arm is crushed."

It is said that a long time ago, poisonous scorpions were rampant in Daying area. In order to curse, every family pulled long strips of blended noodles on February 2 of lunar calendar, twisted them into poisonous scorpion tail shape, fried them and ate them, which was called "biting scorpion tail". Over time, this kind of "scorpion tail" evolved into today's Mahua.

Twist two or three strands of noodles together and fry them. Mahua is golden and eye-catching, sweet and crisp, sweet but not greasy, with fresh taste and fragrant teeth; it is delicious but not greasy, and does not get angry when eating more; it is rich in protein, amino acids, vitamins and trace elements. It has moderate heat and low fat. It can be used for leisure taste and wine with tea. It is an ideal snack food.

Mahua is one of the fried food, the shape is hinge shaped, so it is also known as "hinge stick". There are sweet and salty flavors. Sweet and mixed sugar (surface sprinkled with sugar powder) and not mixed sugar difference.

Mahua culture: in the thousands of years of Chinese food culture, small Mahua is the Chinese people's favorite national traditional food. Miao Cuihua small Mahua is a wonderful flower in Mahua. It not only inherits the traditional techniques of Mahua, but also injects modern science and technology into the production of Mahua, making this traditional food of the Chinese nation glow with youth again.

Production method

Raw materials: flour, peanut oil, salt, water.

Put the flour into the basin, pour in 400g flour, 45g oil and 5g salt, knead the flour and oil by hand (if there is too much oil, it is difficult to operate later), knead thoroughly, add water and knead into dough (the dough should not be too hard), cover with wet cloth for 20 minutes;

Take out the battered dough and knead it again. Knead long strips, cut out small dosage, cover with wet cloth and knead for another 10 minutes;

After being well kneaded, it is evenly twisted into thin strips, and the two ends are rubbed in different directions, and the two ends are combined and pinched tightly;

Repeat again to make the green body of twist;

In order to do all the small dosage, into hemp peanut body;

Put more oil in the pot and heat it to 30%. When the oil temperature is 20%, put it on the pot and feel a little hot.

How to eat

Sweet sesame flowers, such as cream, sesame and chocolate, can be used as breakfast food, snack food, and meet the needs of diabetic patients. They can also be used as staple food and noodles, and fried with pumpkin and vermicelli. Special hot pot sesame flowers can be eaten in hot pot with special flavor. Osmanthus fragrans has the effects of anti-cancer, clearing fire, resolving phlegm and dispersing knots. Chicken juice sesame flowers are high Protein is highly nutritious.

Tianjin Mahua refers to the big Mahua on the 18th Street of guifaxiang, which has a long history. It's crisp and fragrant.

Jishan Mahua is salty, common and pastry. It has attractive color, fragrance and can be used as staple food and snack.

Introduction to Hunan xiaomahua

The story of Mahua

"The origin of Zhao's Mahua"

It is said that in ancient times, Chiyou led the Jiuli tribe to cultivate and breed in the shenlongshan area of Weishan Township, Xinhua County, Hunan Province. At the foot of Shenlong mountain (now known as Shuikou village, Weishan township), there is a well. Beside the well, there used to be a Zhao family, who made a living by making sesame cake all the year round. Once Chiyou's subordinates lost their way in mountain patrol and went to this family. Hungry Chiyou's subordinates robbed the Mahua pancake and burned the cottage. When preparing to kill, a Chiyou subordinate said, "this man is useful for us. Take him up the mountain.". Chi you was overjoyed when he tasted Mahua pancakes. He even said a few "good" words in a loud voice. Zhao made several pots of Mahua pancakes on the mountain for the people to share. The people said they were delicious, but only one child said it was not delicious. Chi You angrily said to Zhao, "why is this?" Zhao knelt down and said, "this is related to water quality!" Chiyou sent his subordinates down the mountain to make a few more pots of Mahua pancakes in Shuijingfang. Chiyou ate them differently. Chiyou's military adviser said with a smile, "Mahua pancakes are very popular. They are full of names and colors." After hearing this, Chiyou happily called it "shuikoufang Mahua cake". From then on, shuikoufang Mahua and Zhao Mahua have been handed down to the present.

Main varieties

1. Jishan Mahua

Jishan Mahua is a traditional snack in Yuncheng. It is said that Mahua was originally a royal food, and when it was spread to the people, it became the shape of two strands of noodles sticking together. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, a businessman in Xiwei village of Zhaidian town took it back to his hometown Yuncheng to make and sell it. Later, the businessman constantly improved the production technology, changed the twist from two strands to three strands, and then twisted it into fried, showing golden silk pattern. Jishan Mahua has been sold in more than 20 provinces and cities, such as Beijing, Shenzhen, Heilongjiang, etc., and exported to many countries and regions, such as Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the United States, Japan, etc.

2. Tianjin Mahua

Guifacheng Mahua was founded by the brothers fan Guicai and fan Guilin. They once opened guifacheng Mahua shop and guifacheng Mahua shop on the 18th Street of Dagu South Road in Tianjin. Because the shop is located on the 18th Street, people used to call it the 18th Street Mahua shop.

After repeated exploration and innovation, the eighteen Street Mahua is a kind of pastry stuffing with sweet scented osmanthus, Minjiang, peach kernel, melon stick and other small materials sandwiched between the white bar and the Mahua bar, which makes the fried Mahua crisp, soft, sweet and different, and creates the mixed stuffing of Mahua. Its characteristics are fragrant, crisp, crisp and sweet. It can be stored in a dry and ventilated place for several months without loss of flavor, softness and deterioration.

3. Suzhou Hangzhou lotus root powder Mahua

Suzhou Hangzhou snacks have always been loved by the court, Suzhou Hangzhou lotus root powder Mahua to rock sugar lotus root powder as the main material, spleen appetizer, Yiqi Buxue. It is suitable for those who are weak, sick, anorexic and malnourished. Lotus root powder and Mahua are golden and eye-catching, sweet and crisp, sweet but not greasy, with fresh taste and fragrant teeth; they are delicious but not greasy, and do not get angry when eating more. Among them, the fragrant tussah is the most famous.

4. Wu You Mahua

Wu you is famous for his flavor. Because the shape of the billet is like rope, it is commonly known as oil rope. It is said that it has a history of more than 200 years. When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went down to Jiangnan and passed by Huai'an Prefecture, the magistrate of Yancheng County paid tribute for it, which was greatly praised. Wuyunzhai, dongdatong, fangyusheng and other tea shops in Wuyou town are all century old ones. Due to its exquisite materials and refined technology, it is known for its fragrance, sweetness, crispness and crispness. In addition, it looks like a pair of dragons hovering around, small and exquisite, bright red in color, oily but not greasy at the entrance, sweet with fragrance, becoming a home and tourist attraction

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