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What is Job's tears cake? Authentic Hainan specialty: Job's tears cake

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Basic Introduction to Job's tears

Yan's tears, also known as "Job's tears" in Hainanese, and "Job's tears cake (the third sound of bua)" is a famous local snack in Hainan. Listed as a "famous Chinese snack", it has a long history of transmission and is widely made in folk culture. In many rural areas of Hainan, whenever a new home is moved in or a child is one month old, a basket or a load of Yan barley is given as a congratulatory gift. Also known as memory cake or coconut cake

The skin is smooth and sticky, the filling is sweet and fragrant, chewy, and enjoyable to eat

After growing up, Ah Chun was strong and intelligent, and even learned a good martial arts from his master

Method of making Job's tears cake

1. Leather making: Soak glutinous rice in water, grind it into rice slurry, put it into a clean cloth bag and press it dry to make a dry slurry with a water content of 50%. Use one-third of the dry slurry to add an appropriate amount of water to mature the paste, then add two-thirds of the dry slurry and knead and mix it to make it flexible and plastic. Then remove several equal pieces and press them into circular pieces by hand

2. Filling preparation: Mix winter melon candy, ice cubes (sugar soaked), stir fried sesame seeds, stir fried peanuts (ground and peeled), sugar orange cake pieces, and white sugar or brown sugar evenly. Another filling is made by mixing fresh coconut paste, stir fried peanuts, stir fried sesame seeds, and red and white sugar

3. Synthesis: Wrap a round piece of glutinous rice skin with an appropriate amount of filling, use a piece of banana leaf coated with oil as the bottom, wrap it in this way to form several raw bamboo shoots, steam it over high heat until cooked, and then sweep the surface with sesame oil when leaving the cage. Another method is to weave coconut leaves into a flat bottomed shell, then apply a layer of glutinous rice paste (without pressing dry water) to the bottom of the shell, add the filling, cover with wet rice paste, and steam it in a steamer