Longnan Pearl Soup is a famous traditional snack in Longnan, Jiangxi, and is a Hakka dish. It is fragrant, refreshing and delicious, and it is a green food with nourishing functions for the human body, so it is very popular among people. In Longnan County, Jiangxi Province, the distribution center of Hakkas, there is a strong Hakka culture. Hakka houses, Hakka costumes, and Hakka folk songs have a long history and are thought-provoking. At the same time, Longnan’s Hakka-style snacks are also dazzling and mouth-watering. ?

The raw materials of pearl soup are very simple. They are sweet potatoes that are available in every household in Longnan countryside. When cooked, they are tempting and appetizing, but the process of making pearl soup is not an easy task. First, use a roller to grind the sweet potatoes into powder, then use a large pot to put the potato starch into it, add some boiling water and mash it into a ball; secondly, put the balled potato starch into a round-bottomed pot and spread it out (do not (turn on the fire), gently press the potato balls on the pot clockwise with your hands and keep rotating in the pot, so that the potato balls slowly decompose into small pearl-like potato starch particles, which are called "pearl rice"; Then, due to the uneven particle size, a rice sieve must be used to filter out uniform pearl rice. The larger pearl rice is then put into the pot and the previous process is repeated to make each pearl rice uniform in size. In this way, the pearl rice is successfully made. Next, it’s time to cook. ?

The cooking technique of pearl soup is also very particular. First put a spoonful of water in the pot. After the water boils, gradually sprinkle the pearl rice into the pot in batches. Do not pour it all at once, otherwise Pearl rice will become mushy because it cannot withstand high temperatures. When the pearl rice is cooked and all floats on the water, use a slotted spoon to pick it up, pour out the remaining boiling water, then boil a pot of water again, add the pearl rice, add oil, salt, green onions and other seasonings, then scoop it up and put it in a bowl , a bowl of pearl soup is cooked. The cooked pearl soup is steaming hot, with pearl balls piled high and sparkling, fragrant grass and flowers dotted among them, and the fragrance is astonishing. Take another bite and you will feel comfortable in your stomach and your brain will be clear.