I am from Fujian, a true southerner. I was a little excited when I saw this question. I finally have the opportunity to introduce the food of my hometown. Having been in the north for so many years, northerners’ favorite dumplings during the New Year suddenly felt a bit monotonous. Of course, different places have their own customs. Today I am going to introduce you to the delicacies that our hometown cooks during the Chinese New Year. It is estimated that many people have never seen it at all. Today I will mainly introduce two types of delicacies that southerners cook during the New Year. One is the red rice cake from the Puxian area; the second is the oyster cake from the Quangang area of ??Quanzhou.

Hongduan is actually a type of rice cake, but the name is particularly good. The red ball means that the red ball is round and round. It’s the New Year, everyone celebrates it, everyone is in a prosperous mood, and then the whole family gets together and is happy. As we all know, Fujian has a lot of folk customs, and every household has various New Year sacrificial rituals. Red dumplings are an indispensable food on the sacrificial table. The making of red dough consists of skin and filling. Generally, red dumpling skin is made of glutinous rice noodles and japonica rice noodles in a ratio of 1:1, with a little red edible coloring added; the fillings of red dumplings can vary. The most traditional filling is glutinous rice filling, which later evolved into bean paste filling, mung bean filling, five treasure filling and so on. The red dumpling is sweet, which means the family is sweet.

The second delicacy is the delicacy of the Quangang area in Quanzhou, Fujian: oyster cakes. Anyone who has been to Xiamen knows that there is a snack in Xiamen called oyster pancake. However, this is not just a delicacy in Xiamen, it is a delicacy unique to the Xiamen, Zhangquan and Xiamen areas of Fujian. Because there are so many oysters along the coast of Fujian, everyone invented a variety of snacks. Compared with fried oysters, oyster cakes are even more fragrant. Because the oyster cakes are fried. Oyster cakes are mostly made of rice and soybeans ground into a slurry as the main ingredients, and then added with carrots, pumpkins, meat, oysters, etc., and then fried. The fried oyster cakes are crispy and delicious, round or pentagonal in shape, with crispy shells and fresh fillings. It can be dipped in vinegar and eaten directly, or it can be paired with other porridges, etc., and you will have endless aftertaste after taking one bite.

There are many more special New Year delicacies of southern Fujian, such as southern Fujian meat rice dumplings, five-spice rolls, Chongwu fish rolls, etc. I hope that if you have the opportunity, you can walk around more and see different customs and customs, as well as the different local snacks.