Qinghai's "Laba porridge"

Mairen porridge is Qinghai people's "Laba porridge". On December 8 of the lunar calendar, many rural areas in Qinghai will hold festivals and celebrations. Farmers want to eat Mairen porridge, and some places call it Mairen rice. According to the legend in Qinghai, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when Sakyamuni became a Taoist priest. Before the Taoist priest became a Taoist priest, a shepherdess offered chyle and made porridge with fragrant grains and fruits for the Buddha. That porridge was Mairen porridge, which later became "Laba porridge" in Qinghai. According to this practice, later generations made this special food in Qinghai people's diet, and it also became popular in restaurants.

-Wheat kernel-

Wheat Kernel

It contains no cholesterol and is rich in fiber

The method of wheat kernel porridge:

The wheat kernel of wheat kernel porridge is ground and peeled from the new wheat in that year, or the ice is chiseled into a mortar, and the husk is repeatedly chiseled in the mortar, and the wheat kernel is winnowed. The night before, wheat kernels were cooked with beef (sheep, pig) meat, and green salt, ginger peel, pepper, tsaoko, fennel and other aniseed were added, and the meat, wheat and spices were boiled overnight with slow fire to form emulsion.

Ginger bark and pepper in spices are dry and cold-repelling. In Qinghai, because of the high altitude, the temperature difference between day and night is more than 21 degrees, and it is particularly cold in the morning and at night, and it is necessary to have something to drive away the cold. Most people in Qinghai add pepper to their daily diet, which is why.

Mairen porridge looks like a bowl of batter soup. There are some coriander segments on the soup, and the green coriander segments float on the soup. The soup is very thin, like precipitated starch water, and the ginger slices in the porridge are fresh and orange. Pick up the spoon and drink a spoonful of porridge soup first. After drinking it, it is salty, with ginger fragrance and overflowing with wheat fragrance. The porridge is fragrant and greasy, with a very good taste, which brings smoothness and quality. Ingredients:

fresh wheat kernels, lamb chops (steak), diced mutton (diced beef), onion, salt and white pepper. Practice: soak fresh wheat kernels in cold water for 8-11 hours before making, clear and clean for later use.

1. Put the lamb chops (steak) in cold water, add seasonings such as salt, pepper and ginger slices, cook the lamb chops (steak) on a medium fire after the fire is boiled, and then take out the lamb chops (steak) for broth.

2. Put the soaked wheat kernels into the pot and add water to boil them until they are rotten.

3. Pour the oil into the pot, stir-fry the diced mutton (diced beef) and onion, add appropriate amount of salt and white pepper, pour the broth, and put the cooked wheat kernels into the soup for a little stew, and the fragrant wheat kernel porridge will be fine.

Mairen porridge looks like a bowl of batter soup. There are some coriander segments on the soup, and the green coriander segments float on the soup. The soup is very thin, just like precipitated starch water. The ginger slices in the porridge are very fresh and orange. Pick up the spoon and drink a spoonful of porridge soup first. After drinking it, it is salty, with ginger fragrance and overflowing with wheat fragrance.

when you scoop up the wheat kernels at the bottom of the bowl, you need to taste them slowly, that is, eat them one by one. Cooked wheat porridge, wheat grains look like cooked coix seed, white and bright, round and swollen. Bite into the teeth, the appearance is tender, the inside is quite tough, and it has a special texture and toughness. After biting, it is slightly crunchy. Bitten wheat, the tip of the tongue feels the sweetness and natural fragrance of wheat kernel, and also feels the natural delicacy of plateau. Nowadays, Qinghai Mairen porridge has become a popular food in local snacks, Qinghai Province. It is common in the night market roast mutton stalls regardless of season, and it is a must-see food for people traveling to Qinghai.