Horseshoe Cake with Coconut Milk
What is horseshoe cake?
Horseshoe cake is a traditional dessert snack in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, and Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, etc. It is said to have originated in the Tang Dynasty, and it is steamed with water chestnut flour or groundnut flour mixed with sugar water. Water chestnut is also known as horseshoe in Cantonese and Min, hence the name. Its color tea yellow, translucent, can be folded and not cracked, pouting and constantly, soft, smooth, crisp, tough both, taste very sweet.
Horseshoe cake taste sweet, melt in the mouth. Its texture makes the horseshoe cake very prominent in Cantonese cuisine.
Origin of Horseshoe Cake:
According to legend, Emperor Gaozong succeeded to the throne of Tang in the 23rd year of Zhenguan (649 AD). Lingnan Road Festival Minister heard of Guangzhou Pantang horseshoes, lotus root, mushrooms, wild bamboo shoots, the name of the rhombus, so the artist to make "Pantang five show" map, sent officials to present the map and the five things in the court. Emperor Gaozong saw the figure of things like, make for the foundation of the sacrificial objects.
The second year of the tune Lu Xian was convicted of the Empress Wu was abolished as concubine, forced to commit suicide. Xian has three sons Guangshun, Shouli, Shouyi. Guangshun for the king of Le'an, migrated to Yifeng was executed. Shouyi was the King of Gandhara, migrated to Guiyang. After the death of Xian and Guangshun, Shouyi got the "Pantang Five Xiu" picture. Shouyi four years Shougong disease, princeling before passing the map will be the eldest son of Cheng Ao to avoid the execution of the Queen of Wu. Cheng Ao and his descendants uphold the ancestral training, through the He, Wu, Annan out to sea, after the Jin Tianfu first year into Guangzhou, living in Longxi straight street, Jurongli.
Cheng Ao descendant Li finished the search for "Pantang five show", moved to Pantang Village. At that time, coincided with the harvest of horseshoes, Long Kun according to local customary fresh food, feel the fragrance and sweetness of the fresh horseshoes is stored a number of want to wait for after the sharing of food. Soon, the fresh hoof began to rot, Long Kun then use the baking method, the hoof peeled and pounded pulp in the kettle, slow fire baked into powder. The powder will be boiled into a paste with the townspeople to serve, are said to be no different from the feeling of freshly eaten hooves.
Because of its use of "Pantang horseshoes" production, so Long Kun called "Pantang horseshoe powder". Subsequently, Long Kun on the ground to open "Pantang five show" store, put "Pantang horseshoe powder" and "Pantang five show" products sold in the world. And "Pantang horseshoe powder", that is, the present-day horseshoe cake.
How do you make horseshoe cake?
Simple recipe:
1. Add water and mix with water until there are no grains of flour, then make a paste of the flour.
2. Dice the hoof meat, put it into the flour paste and mix well.
3. Stir fry sugar until golden brown and add water, add water and cook until sugar dissolves, make sugar water.
4. Add the hot sugar water to the raw flour paste and mix well to make slurry of water chestnut flour.
5. Sweep a layer of oil on the steaming container to prevent the bottom from sticking.
6. Pour the slurry into the container and smooth it out.
7. Steam over high heat for about 40 minutes, then cut and reduce when cool.
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