Material preparation: mix flour, cotton twist and sesame oil.

The first step is to mix the dough. This step is the same as making steamed bread. Flour, water and yeast ferment the noodles, then mix them on the board and cut them into square pieces.

Step two, turn off the lights. This step is to cut the square block in front and knead it into a light shape, similar to a small handleless wine cup. The middle is concave, so you'd better pinch it around with your thumb. So that the surface lamp is basically shaped.

The third step is to insert the twist. Of course, it is twisted with cotton, and ready-made is the best. Then insert the twist into the groove of the previously pinched surface lamp, and pay attention to the fact that the twist is preferably longer, so that it can last longer when it is lit.

Step four, steam the lamp. Put the pinched surface lamp in a pot and steam it. Soft surfaces will harden.

Step five, pour the oil. It is best to pour soybean oil into the groove of the surface lamp, and pay attention to the appropriate amount of oil. Not too much, so it's easy to spill, and not too low, so the light won't last long.

Introduction of surface lamp:

The surface lamp is made of steamed flour, edible oil as fuel and corn stalks or matches wrapped in cotton as wick, so it is called cotton lamp. Lantern Festival lights up at night, and other lights are generally not used for lighting at home on this day. The children went out hand in hand for the Lantern Festival, and all the oil and food were used up. Nursery rhymes say: "cotton lamp, look at your eyes, it won't hurt your eyes for three years!" " "

Cotton lamp (noodle lamp) is a kind of holiday pasta in Suzhou, Huaibei, which is called miscellaneous oil lamp by local people. It looks like a tea bowl, and local people have to make all kinds of oil lamps during the Lantern Festival. At noon on the fifteenth day of the first month, people began to make this kind of lamp, using mixed noodles or noodles, adding flavor seasoning to noodles and kneading them into various shapes. If vegetarian stuffed buns are used to flush the stomach tired of eating big fish and meat, then cotton lanterns are used to please children of all ages.