Xianren Cake is a favorite food of people of all ages. It is said that it has a history of more than 100 years. Speaking of immortal rice cakes, everyone knows that the immortal rice cakes in Chebei Village, Nankou Town, Meixian County are relatively famous, and are included in the sixth batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage lists in Meizhou as a traditional skill.
Immortal rice cake is made from Immortal Grass as the main raw material. Immortal Grass is sweet and cool in nature and has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Put the dried cactus into a large pot, add mountain spring water, and simmer over firewood (coal fire can also be used) for 4 hours.
After boiling, pick up the grass residue and filter the grass soup through a high-density gauze.
Pour an appropriate amount of starch or sweet potato powder into the filtered water and stir continuously. When the soup becomes a paste, pour it into an enamel basin to cool, and it becomes immortal rice cake.
The finished Xianren Cake
After cooling, the Xianren Cake is black gelatinous
The cooled Xianren Cake is packaged in food bags, which is convenient People bought it and took it home to eat. Immortal rice cake has the functions of satisfying hunger, quenching thirst, promoting fluid production, relieving summer heat, etc.!
When eating, you can use a rice bowl or ceramic cup, then use a knife or bamboo slices to crush the immortal rice cake, add honey (or white syrup) and banana juice, it is fragrant, sweet, smooth, tough and With the scent of "jelly grass". The editor can eat 6 bowls at a time.