But now many people go directly to the dessert shop or the street to buy jelly, which is really convenient. But in the countryside a decade or two ago, the spirit of "do it yourself and have plenty of food and clothing" was basically exerted, because there were many plants in the mountains that could make bean jelly. Have you ever eaten a kind of "hand-rubbed bean jelly"?
This bean jelly is simple to make, and the raw materials look like lanterns. It is estimated that many people have seen it, and now they know that it can eat very little. It's an ice powder seed. Do you remember? Many people went to the mountains to look for it 20 years ago, but now this rare delicacy is rare.
Ice powder, also called bean jelly in many places, is a very famous summer snack, and this kind is called "ice powder seed" because the seeds of this wild fruit were often used to make ice powder, so it was named.
Ice powder seed is also called stone flower seed, and its fruit trees are also called ice powder tree, pearl lotus and so on. , the scientific name is fake vinegar. It's panicum miliaceum of Solanaceae. This kind of tree is still quite tall, generally about one meter high, and some tall plants can exceed 1.5 meters.
Its stem is purple-black, and its leaves are oval, alternate, with thick serrated edges. The flowering period is in April and May, and it is pink and purple. The fruit blooms in summer, and the fruit grows very distinctive, much like a small lantern. It is estimated that many people have been impressed by it. After all, this plant is widely distributed in China.
Ice powder seeds are native to Peru, which is a highly adaptable plant, not picky about the growing environment, strong barren resistance and drought resistance, and mainly grow in fields, roadsides, wasteland or near villages. It is distributed in most parts of China, such as Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and other southern provinces, but it used to be mainly wild. But in recent years, it has been specially planted in Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan and other provinces.
Twenty years ago, ice powder sold in the streets of many places in the south, especially in Sichuan, Chongqing and Yunnan, was sold in the streets by some vendors in summer, and one of its main raw materials was ice powder seeds.
The ice powder made of it looks like jelly, crystal clear, cold and sweet, tender and refreshing. The key is to produce fluid to relieve summer heat, cool and reduce fire. At that time, it was not only a favorite snack for children, but also for many adults. Because of its advantages of affordable price and delicious taste, it has become the best drink to relieve summer heat and quench thirst in summer. In many places, it is also a well-known snack, and many people are from snacks to big ones.
However, the whole plant of ice powder seeds is actually a treasure. Its seeds can be used to make ice powder and used as medicine. Has the functions of clearing away heat, annealing, diminishing inflammation and promoting diuresis. Even leaves, roots and flowers can be used as medicine, and leaves contain pseudophysostigmine. The rhizome contains tropine and coumarin, and its whole grass has the functions of calming, eliminating phlegm and clearing heat.
Of course, the most famous thing is to make hand-rubbed bean jelly, because this kind of bean jelly has a simple production process and needs to be rubbed like clothes, so it is named hand-rubbed bean jelly.
It is also very simple to rub jelly with ice powder seeds. Only two materials are needed, one is ice powder seeds, that is, the seeds of ice powder trees, and the other is limewater. If not, you can use gypsum instead. Or you can use toothpaste. Now many families have calcium tablets, which are excellent substitutes. It is more convenient to use calcium tablets as bean jelly.
Pick ice powder seeds first, one by one like playing lanterns. Then remove its skin, as long as the seeds inside. Then remove impurities and wrap them in a piece of gauze. If there is no gauze, in fact, the stockings that women don't wear are very good.
Here are some ingredients. Generally, 50g of ice powder seeds and1500ml of water will do. If it is calcium tablets,15g will do. It is better to use ancient well water than tap water for this water, which is easy to fail. Pour 1500 ml water into the basin, then put the ice powder seeds into it and soak for about10min. Then, just like washing clothes, keep rubbing until you can't squeeze out sticky substances.
The next step is very important, filter with funnel to remove impurities, so it tastes better. Then pour in the water diluted with calcium tablets. While stirring, one side falls. If you want to eat hard bean jelly, you can put more. If you want something softer, you can put less.
Generally, the proportion of calcium tablets is easy to master, but if it is lime water, the proportion is a little more troublesome. This depends entirely on experience. Adding calcium tablets or toothpaste is mainly to accelerate coagulation. If you use lime water, remember that as long as the water is on it, don't pour it under it.
After mixing evenly, you can put it in the refrigerator for a few hours, and after about 2-4 hours, you can rub the bean jelly by hand. Just cut it into small pieces with a knife, then add brown sugar water, or seasonings such as raisins and mint water, and you can also add chopped peanuts, sesame seeds, hawthorn slices, raisins, cranberries and even various fruits at will. It tastes and tastes great. It's really delicious and full of childhood memories.
Now that living conditions are good, many people are lazy. They all go to the market to buy ready-made, or buy jelly, but these are made of various additives. Hand-rubbed jelly made of ice powder seeds is really natural and delicious. And now there are few wild ice powder seeds in the mountains, I don't know why.
Dear friends, have you ever eaten hand-rubbed jelly made of ice powder seeds? Summer is coming, and the ice powder seeds in the mountains are also mature. Friends with strong hands-on ability, don't miss it. At present, in the market, its price is not expensive, generally about 20 can buy a catty.