Tangxia Town’s unique dumpling cake, if you want to eat authentic dumpling cake, come to Tangxia. As the annual Spring Festival is approaching, every household is busy preparing many good-humored delicacies.

In my hometown, there is a delicacy that symbolizes "family reunion, harmony, and happy life", which is rice cake, also called group cake.

Every time after "Xie Zao" (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month), every household starts making dumplings.

To make dumpling cakes, you need to choose some high-quality rice to make them smooth and delicious.

Select the rice and wash it three or four times until the rice water is clear and transparent. Then soak the rice in clean water for at least four hours or even overnight.

Then use a refiner (stone grinder was used in the past) to grind it into rice milk.

Next is "stirring". When it comes to stirring, there is a lot of knowledge in it.

First heat the pot until red, then pour some oil into the pot. This is a great way to prevent the rice paste from sticking to the pan. Then pour in the rice paste and use a piece of hard bamboo to stir clockwise. If you go in the opposite direction, reverse it.

There will be a burnt phenomenon.

When stirring the paste, you must pay attention to controlling the fire. If the heat is too high, the paste will burn. If you want the paste not to burn, you must be patient and keep stirring with your hands.

After twenty minutes, the paste began to stick into lumps.

Only when the rice paste is tough and sticky but no longer sticky can it be shoveled into the pot. Otherwise, it will be difficult to knead it into a standard and delicious dough cake.

Next comes the paste.

The paste must be rubbed in a smooth and clean area.

First, knead the mixed paste over and over until it is soft, pliable and not sticky to your hands, then divide it into small balls according to your favorite size.

If your hands are too hot or sticky, apply some raw oil to your hands and rub them together.

There are many shapes of dumpling cakes, including brick-shaped, ball-shaped, round cake-shaped, etc. The simplest one is to roll it into shape like a brick.

In our hometown, we must make a nest of chickens, a pair of mushrooms, a pair of oranges, a grain fence, two gold ingots, a carp, etc.

These all mean the prosperity of people and animals, abundant grains, more than enough every year, and a prosperous and happy life... followed by steamed dumpling cakes.

Use a steamer to place the dumpling cakes piece by piece in order, boil the water, and steam the dumpling cakes through the water.

Do not open the lid of the pot when steaming, otherwise it will not be cooked no matter how you steam it.

Don't forget to add water halfway, because it won't be steamed in three to five minutes.

Many people like to eat dumpling cakes that have just been cooked, because the rice flavor is particularly strong at this time, and it is soft, tough and smooth, making you want to keep eating.

There are many ways to eat dumpling cake: 1. You can cut the dumpling cake into thin slices and cook it in good broth or vegetable soup.

2. When the dough cake is frozen hard, soak it in water for two or three days. Take it out when you want to eat it, but be sure to change the water every day.

After catching it, cut it into thin slices, stir-fry it with vegetables and shredded meat, and add some shredded green onions, oyster sauce and other condiments to give it a special flavor.