In the last article, Lushimei introduced you to some of the Chaoshan rice cakes in Chaoshan cuisine. Today, Lushimei is going to introduce to you the Chaoshan rice cakes that are unique to the New Year and festivals in the Chaoshan area. Hongtao Kueh

Hongtao Kueh, also known as Hongqu peach, is a specialty snack in Chaoshan and one of the representative rice cakes.

Peach fruit symbolizes longevity, so making peach cakes reflects the desire to pray for blessings and longevity. After making red peach cakes, one must worship ancestors and gods.

Every household in Chaoshan will make red peach cakes during the New Year and festivals.

First chop the mushrooms, peanuts, and dried shrimps, add glutinous rice, then add raw garlic, add MSG, pepper, and fish sauce and stir-fry until cooked to make the red peach cake filling.

To make red peach rice cakes, you need to boil the rice flour and mix it well. Then knead it into small pieces, press it into a round thin skin, wrap it with fillings, and then seal it with rice cakes. Take it out and steam it in the steamer.

After the red peach cake is steamed and cooled, it can be stored in the refrigerator for a few days. Steam it before eating, and then fry it in a pan to make it delicious.

You can buy red peach cakes at the wet markets in Chaoshan, and you can ask merchants to pack them up and take them back.

Of course, some snack bars have food that can be eaten directly, so don’t miss it when you come. Chaoshan Sweet Cake

In the Chaoshan area, every household will steam a basket of Chaoshan Sweet Cake to worship ancestors and gods during festive seasons. Chaoshan Sweet Cake is also one of the specific representatives of the rice cake category.

The method of making Chaoshan sweet cake is to sift the glutinous rice flour twice and set aside. Add the white sugar and brown sugar to the water (dissolve the sugar and then filter the impurities in the brown sugar), add the glutinous rice flour and mix well. Mix white sugar, brown sugar and water, put it in a pot and steam it, usually for ten hours, so that the Chaoshan sweet cake will be more delicious.

The steamed Chaoshan sweet cake is soft and delicious.

After letting it cool, you can also cut it and eat it directly.

If you can’t finish it, you can refrigerate or freeze it so that it can be stored for a longer time. Let it warm before eating, and then put some oil in the pan and fry it directly.

You can also wrap Chaoshan sweet cake with some beaten egg liquid and fry it in a pan. The aroma of the eggs and the sweetness of Chaoshan sweet cake are delicious together.

Don’t miss out on Chaoshan sweet cakes when you come to Chaoshan. You can also take them home and eat them slowly. Yeast cake

Yeast cake is a traditional snack in Chaoshan and a folk rice cake.

Because fermented rice cakes are made from fermented rice. So it is also called Fa Kueh.

Yeasted rice cakes have an irreplaceable position in Chaoshan rice cakes.

In various festivals and activities, yeast cakes will be used for worship.

For example, when children are born, get married, go out of the garden, enter the house, etc., "yeast cakes" will be used to worship gods, worship ancestors, and bless peace.

Because the making process of fermented rice cake requires fermentation, people think that "leavened rice cake" has a beautiful meaning of making people rich, making a fortune, etc. The shape of the yeast rice cake is like a flower blooming, and the printed on the yeast rice cake is " The red auspicious word means that the days to come will be prosperous and peaceful.

After the yeast cake is steamed and cooled, it can be kept in the refrigerator for a long time.

When you take it out to eat, you can cut it into slices, put it in a pot, steam it and eat it directly.

You can also let it cool, put some oil in the pan, and fry both sides until slightly golden. Or wrap it in some beaten egg liquid and fry it in a pan.

The taste is particularly unique and tastes better than eggs wrapped in steamed buns. Rat shell cake

Every two or three days before the Chinese New Year, you will smell the fragrance.

This is the fragrance of the rat shell cake made by people in Chaoshan.

The attractive aroma of rat shell cake is the unique "New Year flavor" of Chaoshan, because every household will make homemade rat shell cake every Chinese New Year.

The main raw material for making sage is sage. To make sage cake, mash the sage into a paste. Mix the steamed sage with glutinous rice flour and cooking oil into a dough and set aside. .

The fillings for rat shell cakes can be black bean paste, mung bean paste, or mixed with crushed peanuts, winter melon sugar, and sesame seeds.

First, shape the kueh skin into a bowl shape in the palm of your hand, then wrap it with fillings to make a peach shape with a pointed head and a large tail, then put it into the kueh seal to seal it into shape, and spread it on a bed of bananas. Steam the leaves on the steaming rack.

Steamed rat shell cake can be eaten directly or fried in a pan.

The filling with a hint of sage flavor and peanuts and sesame is fragrant and sweet, with endless aftertaste.

Put in Kueyinli Puzi Kueh

If you can see Puzi Kueh in the vegetable market in Chaoshan area, it goes without saying that it must be the Qingming Festival.

Pu Zi Kueh is a must-have cake for Chaoshan people to visit their graves during Qingming Festival. It is also a way for Chaoshan people to remember their ancestors.

The production process of Pu Zi Kueh is very particular. Pick the Pu Zi leaves, wash the Pu Zi leaves, beat them into juice and mix them with rice flour. Leave them for a day and night, and then put them in a steamer to cook naturally.

After these processes, the Puzi Cake that comes out of the oven has the fragrance of leaves and a slight fermentation, which is very popular among everyone.

During the Qingming Festival, the climate becomes warmer, the weather is humid, there is a lot of rain, and food easily deteriorates. It is a season prone to intestinal diseases.

Pak seed leaves have the effect of eliminating phlegm and lowering Qi, dispelling accumulated heat and removing diseases, so it is perfect to eat in this season.

If you happen to travel to Chaoshan during the Qingming Festival, why not buy some Pu Zi Kueh and give it a try? I believe you will want to come again next year. Gardenia kueh

Gardenia kueh, also known as gardenia kueh, is a festival-specific rice cake unique to Chaoshan and a unique rice cake product during the Dragon Boat Festival.

During the Dragon Boat Festival in Chaoshan, gardenia can be seen everywhere in the vegetable market.

Gardenia can clear away heat, purge fire, detoxify and cool blood. Helps digestion and prevents gastrointestinal diseases.

Eating "Zongzi" is also called "Eating Zhuang" among Chaoshan folk, because "Zong" and "Zhuang" in Chaoshan dialect have the same pronunciation, which means eating to make the body strong.

Gardenia is eaten cold, because gardenia is relatively soft, so use a string to cut it into pieces and sprinkle some powdered sugar on it to make it delicious.

If you come to Chaoshan area during the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to tasting rice dumplings, don’t forget to get a piece of gardenia.