Qingming fruit, also known as Miss Fruit and Miss Fruit, is a traditional holiday food. It is shaped like jujube, but smaller than jujube, sweet but not greasy, crisp but not greasy. It is said that the origin of Qingming fruit can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, when people mixed glutinous rice, sesame seeds, osmanthus and other ingredients together to commemorate their deceased relatives and friends and made this snack.
Steps of making transparent fruit
It is not difficult to clean the fruit. Just prepare the ingredients and tools and follow the following steps.
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients.
The main raw materials for making Qingming fruit include glutinous rice, sesame, osmanthus and sugar. Among them, glutinous rice needs to be soaked in advance and is easier to cook. Sesame needs baking to taste better. Osmanthus fragrans and sugar need to be mixed together as fillings for Qingming fruit.
Step 2: Cook glutinous rice.
Put the soaked glutinous rice into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, bring it to a boil with high fire, and then turn to low heat for slow cooking. After cooking, put the glutinous rice into a large bowl and press it into a paste with a spoon.
Add stuffing
Mix the sweet-scented osmanthus and sugar into glutinous rice paste and stir well. Then knead the glutinous rice paste into balls, and the size of each ball can be adjusted freely according to personal preference.
Step 4: Roast sesame seeds.
Preheat the baking tray in the oven to about 180℃. Put sesame seeds in a baking tray and bake for 3-5 minutes until the sesame seeds turn golden brown.
Step 5: Wrap the clear fruit.
Put the roasted sesame seeds into a bowl and gently roll the glutinous rice balls so that the sesame seeds are evenly attached to them.
The significance of Qingming fruit
Clear fruit is not only a kind of food, but also a taste of missing. On this special day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people will put Qingming fruit on the sacrificial table or on the graves of their loved ones to express their thoughts for their deceased relatives.
The sweetness and crispness of Qingming fruit makes people feel the beauty and preciousness of life while mourning their dead relatives and friends. It is not only a kind of food, but also a cultural heritage and emotional sustenance.