Because sugar is the main seasoning of candied fruit, sugar is sweet, not bitter, which means life is sweet in the new year. Secondly, the pronunciation of "candied fruit" and "fruit" is the same, because candied fruit is mostly cooked with brown sugar, and its color is similar to the skin color of working people after sun exposure, so the healthy skin color of working people is called "candied fruit". In the past, we Fuqing people called the family assets accumulated by labor "family fruit" to bless family members to get rich through hard work and "family fruit"
(Legend: In order to facilitate storage and mailing, you can also buy this kind of rice cake directly in the market. )
Sugar-coated haws are special holiday food for the New Year. In rural areas, it is mostly packed in red bamboo baskets, which are more than one foot long and three inches thick, so it is also called "Guo Da", which is equivalent to the New Year. This kind of candy can't be eaten immediately after cooking, but should be given to guests as offerings and snacks in the first month. However, when the candy is out of the pot, it can be dug out to relieve the child's appetite, which is called "candy ear". First of all, it shows that only a small part of candy has been dug up; The second is to pray that children will be sweet after eating "sugar ears", and they will say good things without saying bad things, and good things will be auspicious. There are many ways to eat candy, which can be sliced or fried. It can also be cut into square columns and fried, and it is better to fry with egg paste. You can also cut it into small pieces and cook it.
Although there are two or three ways to make sugar dumplings, such as white jiaozi, which is also considered as a kind of rice cake, the most authentic method is to make them with glutinous rice and brown sugar.
The following small series will teach you how to make candy!
1. Making 10 kg of candied fruit requires 8 kg of glutinous rice. After soaking glutinous rice for 2 days, it can make the candied skin softer, grind it into powder and add 4 kilograms of sugar (brown sugar and white sugar can be added according to personal taste).
2. Knead them together, usually for half an hour. Knead them well. Rub them until the rice balls fall off naturally in your hands.
3. After kneading, pour in some common edible oil, but it is best to use peanut oil to prevent the sugar peel from cracking for a long time, and you can add some peanuts (without soaking) appropriately.
4. Put the rice balls in a cloth bag (cotton cloth, usually sold in a cloth shop) and steam them in a pot (directly in a pressure cooker) for about one and a half hours. You can't open them in the middle (if you open them, they will be cooked).
At the same time, prepare a laundry basket and put the leaves on it. After the sugar is out of the pot, pour it into the sugar and pat it evenly with your hands.
6. Put it in a ventilated place and eat it when it is cold.