Once again elaborate dedication, family production - Xi'an snack [Zenggao] (never miss sweets)(zai ci jing xin feng xian jia ting zhi zuo xi an xiao chi zeng gao jue bu neng cuo guo de tian shi )

Once again elaborate dedication, family production - Xi'an snack [Zenggao] (never miss sweets)

Introduction:

"Many friends don't know how to read the word" Zenggao "when they first hear it. In fact, Shaanxi people call it "Jingao". Many people in Xi'an only know how to read "Jingao" and can't write. "Zheng" reads four tones. Steamer is actually a kind of container, which is very big and deep. Steamer is a kind of container with small holes at the bottom. It is said that the steamer had been produced in the late primitive society. In the Neolithic age, there were pottery steamers. In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it was made of bronze. After the iron ware was produced, it became iron steamer. In recent years, it was also made of white iron leaves. The age-old steamer cake is first manifested in its cooking utensils. It is made by steaming in a steamer pot evolved from the oldest steamer, which is also the reason why it gets its name. Steamer, in the late primitive society has been produced, to the Neolithic age and pottery steamer, Shang and Zhou dynasties for the development of copper steamer, later became iron. Since then, the iron steamer has been handed down from generation to generation. This kind of iron steamer looks like a cylinder, and there are many air holes at the bottom.. Just think of it as a big pot. I don't know why it reads "Jingao". In addition to the ancient cooking utensils, steamer cake evolved from the special food "fenci" used by Prince in Western Zhou Dynasty 3000 years ago. In the pre Qin Dynasty, "Fanci" was a cake made by steaming glutinous rice flour with bean paste stuffing instead of jujube. It developed into jujube rice steaming in the Tang Dynasty. In Tang Dynasty, "crystal dragon and Phoenix cake" in Wei Juyuan's "Shaowei banquet" for emperor Zhongzong came down in one continuous line with the present steamer cake. There is also a kind of "xiaojinggao" in Xi'an, which is often confused by some outsiders because of its similar pronunciation. In Xi'an, one of the most common breakfast in the morning is "steamer cake". Everywhere you can see vendors pushing cars with "big pot" on them selling "jujube steamer cake". Steamer cake is absolutely one of the most popular breakfast, no matter in spring, summer, autumn and winter, Xi'an people like this. Because it is made of jujube and glutinous rice, especially young women who like sweet food, it is absolutely a loyal supporter of "steamer cake". Let's briefly introduce the "steamer cake". The raw materials of steamer cake are glutinous rice (traditionally Wuxi glutinous rice) and jujube (Lingbao Maotou jujube is the best). The proportion is 10kg for each pot of glutinous rice and 3kg for jujube. There are strict requirements for soaking rice, steamer filling, adding water and fire. In addition, every family has its own way of doing things. Now the "steamer cake" is added with "kidney beans". The soft and rotten steamed bean paste is blended with the sweet smell of jujube and the soft and glutinous of glutinous rice, which further enhances the feeling on the tip of the tongue. And my favorite is not jujube, but the sand of yundousha. The most famous steamer cake maker in Xi'an is "Southeast Asia steamer cake" in Huimin street. Everyone is 100 degrees, absolutely "king of steamer cake". Why is his "steamer cake" delicious and popular? That's because the methods and raw materials of his family are different from those of traditional and other families. First, his family choose pickled jujube, so sweetness is better. Second, his family has more jujubes than other vendors. Third, his family's "steamer cake" and "porcelain fruit" have a high density, and the water content of rice is just right. Why? This is because the rice in his family doesn't use blisters in advance, just dry steaming, after steaming, sprinkle water and steam in steamer for one night. In this way, the rice is steamed with less water. However, his home steamer cake has a drawback is not cold to eat, a cold rice hard dry heart. So it's better to soak rice in advance at home. In fact, I don't like his "steamer cake" best. I prefer beans. His jujubes are so sweet that I feel a little greasy. I prefer bean paste. ha-ha. Let's talk about the selection of ingredients. The traditional "steamer cake" glutinous rice and jujube ratio is 10:3. You can make it at home according to your own taste. I suggest you add some kidney beans to make it taste better. Now the steamer cake in Xi'an has kidney beans. The choice of jujube: to jujube the best, you can buy supermarket jujube instead, if there is no jujube, you can also use jujube steamed with some rock sugar into, do not like sweet only choose jujube, but also try to sweet, sweet is the biggest feature of steamer cake. Choice of beans: choose red kidney beans or kidney beans, white kidney beans are too big, red beans are too small, the taste is not as good as the former. Choice of rice: making round grain jiangmi at home, the viscosity is much better than long grain jiangmi, and the taste is also better. Now let's take a look at the "steamer cake" I made at home. In fact, this is really not authentic. As the name suggests, steamer cake can only be called steamer cake if it is steamed by "steamer". But I wish we had a taste at home. Family production, objective constraints, this is to face it

Production steps:

Step 1: soak kidney beans overnight with water. It's not easy to soak. It takes a day and a night

Step 2: soak glutinous rice for more than 4 hours.

Step 3: wash the jujube

Step 4: steam over high heat for 10 minutes.

Step 5: cool the jujube a little, not hot

Step 6: remove the core of jujube and reserve.

Step 7: lay a layer of rice on the bottom of the basin.

Step 8: spread another layer of jujube.

Step 9: lay another layer of rice.

Step 10: spread another layer of kidney beans. I can put more and less.

Step 11: when I lay a layer of rice, I'm sorry I found that there was less rice bubble.

Step 12: finally spread a layer of jujube, then sprinkle about half a bowl of water, about 100g.

Step 13: cover the plastic film and put it into the pressure cooker.

Step 14: adjust the pressure cooker to the longest time, then wait, and then simmer until the pressure cooker is naturally cool.

Step 15: open the lid.

Step 16: finished product

Materials required:

Glutinous rice: 250g

Jujube: 150g

Kidney bean: 50g

Note: Tips: 1. Select the materials according to what I said above, and select the materials as well as possible. 2. Beans must be soaked overnight, and rice is unnecessary. 3. Steaming time must be enough, so that the jujube fragrance will completely penetrate into the rice, and the beans will become soft and fine sand. 4. Finally, sprinkle water before steaming, otherwise it will dry out. 5. Be careful when you eat hot food. Eating tips: steamer cake can be hot or cold to eat, two have their own flavor, but the traditional is hot, when eat early. Cool also has a special flavor, my mother is so cool. If you can't eat it hot, it's OK to heat it again when it's cold. It's even better to fry it with oil. As we all know, when the two substances "sugar" and "oil" mix and collide, it's absolutely delicious for sweet food controllers. Of course, if you don't like it, you can boil it into porridge, which is definitely better than eight treasure porridge. Just want to drink a bowl to warm your body. My friends can also innovate their own patterns. I've tried to fry them, which is almost as good as fried rice cake dipped in sugar. All in all, delicious doesn't make sense. Daodao: maybe many friends think this is red date glutinous rice? You can understand that as well. But "Zenggao" is definitely not a simple "jujube glutinous rice", or Xi'an people will not go all the way out to eat. Only when it is steamed in a large pot for a long time can it be regarded as a real "steamer cake". However, it is very difficult for us to do it in our own home. It is precisely because it is steamed in a large container for a long time that every grain of rice in the "steamer cake" is sweet and every jujube is filled with the fragrance of rice. I think everyone has had jujube sweet rice, right? However, people who have eaten "steamer cake" all praise it. There is such a delicious "jujube rice". That's why I chose the autoclave. In spite of this, it's still very difficult to make a really good "steamer cake" at home. Here I just briefly introduce Xi'an snack - "steamer cake". In the future, if I have the opportunity, I will show you more authentic Xi'an snacks, Shaanxi cuisine. You are also welcome to Xi'an to taste food and culture. I'll show you the way first. Ha ha.

Production difficulty: simple

Process: steaming

Production time: one hour

Taste: sweet

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