For Nanjing people who are busy all year round, the family dinner of New Year's Eve is definitely the first in a year for thousands of families? Dinner? . So what do Nanjing people like to eat on New Year's Eve? Come and have a look with me!
Perfect: jambalaya
Nanjing people usually fry a vegetarian dish called "jambalaya" during the Spring Festival, which is based on winter pickled pickles, with more than ten kinds of vegetarian dishes such as Flammulina velutipes, carrots, fungus, winter bamboo shoots, celery, bean sprouts, dried bean curd, thousands of knots, gluten and lotus roots, and fried with heavy oil.
Jambalaya not only tastes good, but also every dish has a meaning. For example, carrots are red, which means happiness and happiness. Lotus root symbolizes the accessibility of Lulu, wishing the coming year a smooth one. Winter bamboo shoots symbolize springing up like mushrooms after rain, and so on, all of which are for a good luck.
More than a year: braised silver carp
A big silver carp is one of the indispensable dishes of the old Nanjing people. After the silver carp is cooked, it is put on a long plate and put on the table, but this dish is just for decoration and is generally not eaten.
Because "fish" and "Yu" are homonyms, the rest of it symbolizes that in the new year, life is more than enough. In the same way, preparing braised hairtail at home also means "more than one generation". Some places eat carp, which is homophonic with "Li", and it is very prosperous to eat carp in the New Year. Some places eat crucian carp, which is homophonic with "auspicious", and it is good luck to eat crucian carp and crucian carp together in the New Year.
Auspicious reunion: braised lion's head
What every family must do years ago is to open the oil pan! People in Nanjing generally call meatballs "Mariko", which means reunion and good luck. Fried dumplings are also fond memories of many people's childhood. Radish dumplings, lotus root dumplings, tofu dumplings, etc. are crisp and delicious.
Braised lion's head is a dish that China people often eat on holidays, also known as Four Joy Meetballs, which means that life is blessed with happiness and longevity, in order to get auspicious meaning. However, at the dinner table for the Chinese New Year, there are generally no more than four.
Make a fortune: egg dumplings
I believe that every family will make egg dumplings during the Spring Festival, then you must have seen your mother make egg dumplings. First, beat the eggs evenly with chopsticks, then drop a few drops of sunflower seed oil, then pour the eggs into an iron spoon and bake them on the flame of a gas stove. A layer of egg juice in the spoon evenly covers the inner wall of the iron spoon with the rotation of the wrist, and in half a minute, a thin egg dumpling skin is ready. Pick some meat and put it in the middle of the egg dumpling skin, and when the two sides are closed, a Huang Chengcheng egg dumpling is finished. The egg dumplings can be cooked with other vegetables, which is really delicious.
Gathering wealth and gold: fried spring rolls
Spring rolls are one of the necessary snacks for Nanjing people to celebrate the New Year. The stuffing is leek yellow with minced meat and broken eggs, which are evenly mixed. They are wrapped in the skin of spring rolls and fried in a frying pan. They are crispy and full of fragrance. Because the fried spring rolls are golden in color, just like gold bars, a plate of spring rolls is placed on the holiday table, which contains the auspicious meaning of "two thousand gold".
A special skill in Nanjing: Artemisia argyi fried qianzi.
When it comes to Nanjing people's favorite New Year's Eve dinner, how come it's a must-have dish of fried qianzi with Artemisia? People in Nanjing have a habit of eating wild vegetables. Toona sinensis, shepherd's purse, chrysanthemum brain and Malantou are all delicious wild vegetables, and Artemisia is a must in Nanjing. Artemisia selengensis has a clear fragrance when it is fried. If it is fried with stinky dry, it will be full of praise.
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