Take the right amount of cornmeal, put it into a vessel, and pour in the right amount of boiling water while stirring with chopsticks, so that it can be formed into a ball. Then, use your hands to knead the shape of the dumplings.
Then, boil the water in a steamer and place the dumplings in a steamer drawer over medium heat for 10-15 minutes.
For those with a sweet tooth, you can add a moderate amount of sugar when combining the noodles. To make it more delicious, you can also add some raisins, honey dates and so on. Even, you can also add appropriate flour.
Note:
Cornmeal must be made with boiling water, if you use cold water, the taste is not as good as the one made with boiling water;
The bottom of the nest must be made with the top of the thumb to make a nest, this is mainly to make the nest evenly heated and cooked quickly.
Two, corn cakes
Take the right amount of cornmeal and flour, the proportion can be determined according to their own preferences, add the right amount of yeast, and then mixed with 30-40 degrees of warm water (you can also use cool water), stirred in a container into a thick paste, and then the steaming drawer pad steaming cloth (optional a new mouthpiece, dismantled, washed), and then the mixed Pour the batter into the steamer drawer and steam over high heat for 10-15 minutes.
After it cools down a bit, cut it into diamond-shaped pieces with a knife.
Similarly, you can add sugar beforehand, and also sprinkle some dried fruit on the top once it's in the cage.
Three, cornmeal potstickers
Take the right amount of cornmeal, put it into a vessel, chopsticks while stirring and pouring in the right amount of boiling water, so that it can be formed into a ball.
Use a larger iron pot (pig iron pot), add half a pot of water to the bottom of the pot, and make a long, oval cake (like an olive) from the palm of your hand with the combined noodles, and then stick it all around the four walls of the hot pot, and then renew the water, cover the pot tightly, and steam it for half an hour over a medium flame before you can eat it.
This method of making potstickers, the bottom of a layer of yellow potpourri, fragrant!
Do note:
The iron pot should be as big as possible, so as to avoid refilling the water halfway through the cooking process, which will leave the potstickers open to the air.
If you are afraid of slipping into the water, you can make a circle in the middle of the bottom of the pot with the iron, just equal to the height of the water.
Four, cornmeal cake
This is a similar to the practice of Western-style pastry, more in line with modern tastes.
Put milk and sugar into a vessel and stir well for use, put cornmeal and baking soda into a vessel and mix well, pour into the tuned milk and egg mixture and stir well, mix into a thick paste. Steam bowl greased with oil, preserved fruit on the bottom, pour the cornmeal paste into the steam bowl, steam for 10 - 15 minutes.