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What is sprout wheat ball? Authentic Zhejiang Deqing specialty: Sprout wheat balls
Content summary:Do you want to know what sprout wheat balls are? This article is a detailed introduction toZhejiang Deqing specialty - Ya Mai Yuan Zi. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Ya Mai Yuan Zi. The full text takes about 6 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Ya Mai Yuan Zi and the product characteristics of Ya Mai Yuan Zi? How did the history of Ya Mai Yuan Zi come about? The production method of sprout wheat balls, etc
Basic Introduction of Yamai Yuanzi is a traditional Dim sum of farmers in all villages of Xinshi. Most of them are self-made and eaten by farmers, and some are specially made for gifts to relatives and friends. The main raw materials of malted rice dumpling are glutinous rice flour, malt, cotton thread grass, white sugar, sesame, etc. It is a pure green foodThe softness, sweetness, and green color of sprouted wheat balls are all appetizing. It has a sweet and soft taste, especially when eaten cold
How did the history of Ya Mai Yuan Zi come about
Yamai Yuanzi is a special Dim sum in the north of Zhejiang, and it is only limited to the east of Deqing and Tongxiang. It is still a very seasonal food, only available around Qingming Festival every year, because making malt balls requires cotton thread grass, which only grows fresh and tender around Qingming Festival and can be used to make malt balls. Every Qingming Festival, Xincheng holds a silkworm flower temple fair to pray for a bountiful harvest in the silkworm town. Surrounding sericulture farmers come to attend the temple fair, where there are folk activities such as dancing dragon lanterns, rolling silkworm flowers, and doing Buddhist rituals. The town is bustling with people, and the competition is like celebrating Chinese New Year. Of course, Ya Mai Yuan Zi also caught up with the Silkworm Flower Temple Fair, so it gained another nickname, called Silkworm Flower Cake. Feng Zikai also mentioned it in his prose, saying that every family prepared Dim sum for the cold food during the Qingming Festival, including Yamai Yuanzi
How to make malt rice balls
"malt rice balls", as the name suggests, is indispensable. The malt flour is the flour ground after the wheat sprouts, but the main ingredient of the malt rice balls is Rice noodles. About ten kilograms of Rice noodles is added with a large bowl of malt flour. Rice noodles is also particular. Japonica Rice noodles and glutinous rice flour are mixed in proportion, so that the round rice can be made glutinous but not sticky, soft and not rotten
To make "sprout wheat balls", it is necessary to add a mysterious ingredient - cotton thread grass. Cotton thread head grass, scientific name Buddha's ear grass, tears open the stem of this grass, and you can see that there are threads connected between them, like cotton threads, hence the name "cotton thread head". Cai Xing'e said that cotton thread grass is not planted by anyone and is all wild goods. For some unknown reason, in recent years, the local cotton thread grass in Xinshi has grown less, and she often travels with people to pick grass in Sanqiao and other places. This season is the season for the growth of cotton thread grass, and all that is needed to make "sprout wheat balls" is the tender head of the grass. After picking, it needs to be carefully screened to remove impurities, and then dried for later use. When making balls, soak the grass in water until soft, then boil it in boiling water until it is tender before use. Cai Xing'e said that the sprouted wheat balls made with cotton thread grass have better toughness and a natural fragrance