Everyone is familiar with eating Qingtuan during the Qingming Festival. Qingtuan is a special snack in the Jiangnan region. The basic method is to mix mugwort juice into glutinous rice flour, and then wrap the dough in it. Stuffing, this is a snack that is not sweet, not greasy, and has the aroma of grass.

We know that mugwort, one of the main raw materials, has medicinal value. Li Shizhen recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Moxibustion penetrates the meridians and cures hundreds of diseases. "Those who are suffering from severe illness are considered to be healthy, and their merits are also great." There is also a record in "Mencius" of "requiring three years of moxa for seven years of treatment", which shows the medical value of mugwort. Then, the snack green dumplings made from mugwort juice must have health value.

It is easy to make Qingtuan. The specific method is as follows: Step 1: Prepare ingredients, mugwort, 300g glutinous rice flour, 40g white sugar, 80g wheat starch, 30g lard, bean paste Step 2: Prepare mugwort Pick fresh and green mugwort leaves for juice. Generally, people like to use mugwort before Qingming Festival because the mugwort at this time is fresh and tender. Then squeeze the juice from the cleaned mugwort and filter it. Fresh and delicate mugwort juice is ready. Second: Prepare the dough. Use the prepared ingredients (glutinous rice flour, white sugar, starch, squeezed mugwort juice) to knead the dough. When the dough becomes flocculent, add lard, and then knead it into a smooth dough. Relax for 10 minutes. Third: Prepare the fillings

You can match the fillings of the green dumplings according to your own taste, such as commonly used bean paste, egg yolk, date paste, white sugar, black sesame, etc., and prepare them for later use. Fourth: Make Qingtuan

Make the Qingtuan into small Jizi, add appropriate amount of filling, and knead into a ball. Fifth: Steam

Boil water in a pot, put the prepared green dumplings in hot water into the pot and steam until cooked, turn on high heat and steam for about 8-10 minutes. Delicious green dumplings are made.

Every Qingming Festival, steamed youth dumplings are almost always served in Jiangnan area, which has become a traditional custom. In ancient times, people made qingtuan mainly for worship, but now its function has been increasingly weakened. Friends, have you learned it? Make a youth group with your own characteristics!