1 What kind of grass is the green dumplings eaten at Qingming

Generally, the leaves of Artemisia absinthium, Artemisia leaves, or Salvia divinorum are used to make green dumplings.

Artemisia absinthium, mugwort leaves, sage is in the Qingming Festival shoots of weeds, Qingming Festival when the picking of these weeds, after processing and glutinous rice flour for kneading, made into a small dumplings, steamed and eaten, good Qingming dumplings oil green as jade, soft and fragrant, is a spring seasonal snacks.

2 Qingming why eat green dumplings

Eat green dumplings from the cold food festival fire ban traditional custom.

In the past, there was no fire on the Cold Food Festival, and the weeds were picked a few days before the festival and made into dumplings, which were eaten at the Cold Food Festival when the family did not fire, and now there is no more Cold Food Festival, but the custom of eating green dumplings in the spring has been preserved, and the dietary tradition of eating green dumplings at the Cold Food Festival has been extended to the Ching Ming Festival.

3 Green dumplings eaten cold or hot

Green dumplings can be eaten cold, can also be eaten hot.

1, cold

The origin of this food is the cold food eaten during the fire ban of the cold food festival, so there has been a tradition of eating cold dumplings since ancient times, and the cold dumplings are chewy with some chewy, and the flavor of the green vegetables, which is very tasty.

2, hot

The main raw material of the green dumplings in the glutinous rice, glutinous rice after heating adhesion is strong, the green dumplings eaten hot soft and sticky, like eating daily desserts and snacks, very refreshing.

4 Qingmingguo practice steps

Ingredients: Artemisia absinthium, glutinous rice flour, japonica rice flour.

Method:

1, the surface of Artemisia absinthium is simply washed with water to remove dust and other dirt.

2, the water boiled, the wormwood into the water blanching once, to remove astringent flavor.

3, take a blender to stir the artemisia.

4, pour it out, add glutinous rice flour, round-grained rice flour, sugar and knead together.

5, divided into small portions.

6, on the steamer water boiling steam 20-25 minutes, you can enjoy.