People everywhere have different understandings of food and seek inspiration for transformation in their constant attempts. All these imaginative transformations, the flavors they create and the sublimation of nutrition are breathtaking. Although it is made from rice through a series of tedious processes, sometimes just a small deviation can brew an extremely rare delicacy, and for Guizhou people, bowl ear cake is such a delicious existence.
As a child, our definition of food seemed to be limited to the taste, without exquisite packaging but still delicious, many of which are still unforgettable until now. To talk about the classic food in the memory of Guizhou people, the bowl cake that can restore the taste of the old time has to be mentioned.
A small cart steaming hot, white steamer cloth can not hide the sweet smell of the air, this is every child's favorite scene. It seems that people have reached some kind of tacit understanding, and without further ado, the message has been conveyed: here comes the seller of bowls of ear cakes! Guiyang's bowl ear cake production history can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty, shaped like a small tea bowl and has side ears and named, named Bowl Ear Cake, Guiyang local more called it "bubble rice".
Why is the bowl cake called "bubble rice" in Guizhou? Because its texture looks more like a swollen ball, soft and particularly elastic. The most common bowl ear cake on the market is white (there are also golden yellow), moderate size, cotton, fragrant, sweet, the most special is that the bowl ear cake itself will have a slight fermented aroma of sweet wine, very sweet and delicious.
Bowl cakes are generally made of glutinous rice as a raw material, and the glutinous rice is washed and soaked for more than 12 hours, and it is soaked to the point where it is crushed by hand. This is followed by draining and refining. In the early days, when technology was not developed, the stall owners used rolling pins to hand crush glutinous rice, and most of the flour was not milled enough to be delicate enough, and the bowls and ear cakes made had fine residue on the taste. Today's bowl ear cake production has been improved, most of them use a blender, repeatedly sieved and crushed, until there are no large particles to complete the powder.
The freshly steamed bowl cake looks like a soft ball, very small and delicate. Bowls of ear cakes are best eaten while they are hot, and the moment the tip of the tongue touches thousands of voids, the softness and sweetness melt in the mouth.
Guiyang's after-dinner snacks, bowl ear cake is definitely the first choice. For Guizhou people, after the tea and dinner are full, a few soft and sticky small pastries are served in their spare time, which is the best comfort for the busy work leisure.