Fresh mugwort can be boiled directly to make mugwort soup, or you can make green dumplings, i.e. mugwort mochi.

How to make moxa patties:

Main ingredient: 1 catty of moxa, 2 catty of glutinous rice flour, 120 grams of sugar, 130 grams of sesame seeds, 125 grams of peanuts, 3 tablespoons of lard, 1 cup of water.

1, the beginning of April the ai leaves are relatively fresh and tender, do not have to how to pick and choose, direct cleaning can be. By the end of April, mugwort leaves should be selected shoots with.

2, burn a pot of boiling water, the leaves into the pot blanch, remove its astringent flavor.

3, mugwort leaves filtered out water, it is best to scratch, squeeze out the water, or astringent flavor still exists. Then, puree the leaves in a blender. (Blender can be added to the water to mix)

4, got ai leaf mud, ready to use the glutinous rice flour. You can also mix flour in the glutinous rice flour, out of the dough is more delicate and smooth. I am using pure glutinous rice flour here.

5, add the dose, and the use of mixing moisture related. So, it is best to add the glutinous rice flour gradually. Stir while adding.

6, and out of the dough, in order not to stain the hands, can form a ball is appropriate.

7, filling, sesame peanuts ground into powder, or is the blender into crushed can be. With lard to fry until the flavor overflow, the filling is more distinctive, sugar is also added here, slightly stir-fried.

8, plus oil and sugar filling will have humidity, pull down a ball of noodles, wrapped around the filling.

9, pinch the dough into a ball, on the steamer for 10 minutes to steam.

10, the finished picture of Ai Ye Ba Ba.