The side dishes in the spring cake are leek, dried bean curd, ham, chicken, seasonal vegetables, chives, carrots and cucumbers. Cucumber and carrot can be washed and directly shredded for later use. Chicken and ham are best cut and fried in oil. Marinate the chicken with cooking wine, pepper and salt for half an hour before frying. The best ratio of flour and water for spring cake dough is 2: 1, and a little hot water is added to make dough.

Spring-pancake badao dishes

There are many kinds of side dishes of spring cakes, and the methods of side dishes in each region are different. Generally, the eight side dishes of spring cakes pay attention to three meats, three vegetables and two seasonings. For example, we choose shredded pork, shredded egg skin, shredded ham, mung bean sprouts, dried bean curd, spinach, onion and coriander, or we can use shredded sea cucumber, shredded mushrooms, shredded winter bamboo shoots, shredded ham and sliced magnolia instead.

Dough for making spring cakes is also important. We can buy dough directly from the supermarket or make dough at home. The ratio of flour to water is basically 2: 1, and the ratio of boiled water to cold water is 3:2. First, add flour drop by drop with boiling water, and add a little salt to the flour. A catty of flour only needs 2 grams of salt. Stir the flour into a floccule and start kneading. You can add cold water when kneading dough, which usually takes one hour.

Eating spring rolls in beginning of spring is a traditional folk custom in China, just like eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival and jiaozi on New Year's Eve. With the continuation of thousands of years, spring rolls are also called spring cakes. Besides welcoming the New Year, they usually contain a lot of fresh vegetables in spring, so their nutritional value is high.

Because spring rolls are fried foods and contain a lot of oil and calories, they should not be eaten more.