The phrase "rain in the Qingming season" is familiar to everyone, and soon the Qingming Festival is coming again, it is not only a natural solar term, but also the most traditional and grand cultural festival in China, on this day everyone will step on the green, worship ancestors and so on.
Qingming Festival is both natural and cultural, on this day, while remembering our loved ones, we should not forget the old traditional food, which means good and expresses the yearning for a better life.
Remember "eat 4 things, avoid 1 sample" during the Qingming season, the old tradition is exquisite, and the body is good in accordance with the season!
●Eat 4 samples
1. Lotus root
Lotus root is rich in vitamins, fragrant and sweet, and the lotus root is broken, which means that although the relatives have passed away, their thoughts have never been broken.
Recommended recipe: brown sugar glutinous rice root
Ingredients: lotus root, glutinous rice, brown sugar, water
Production method:
1. Soak the glutinous rice in water one day in advance to soften, then drain the water, pour in an appropriate amount of brown sugar and stir evenly;
2. Clean the lotus root with water, cut off both ends, and peel off the lotus root skin on the surface;
3. Take out the lotus root and cut off a section, not too thick, keep it as a lid;
4. Stuff the stirred glutinous rice into the lotus root with chopsticks, poke and compact it with chopsticks;
5. Fix the freshly cut lotus root cover with a toothpick on the lotus root;
6. Add an appropriate amount of water and brown sugar to the pot, put the lotus root into the pot, cover and cook over low heat for 2 hours;
7. After cooking, take it out and cut it into slices.
2. Bean sprouts
Bean sprouts are eaten in spring, after the germination of beans, in the folk, Qingming Festival bean sprouts can win a "fortune" of good color, so on this day every household will use beans to make bean sprouts!
Recommended recipe: 3 shreds of cold dressing
Ingredients: bean sprouts, carrots, vermicelli, garlic, light soy sauce, salt, sesame oil, vinegar
Production method:
1. Clean the carrots, peel them and cut them into slices and then cut them into fine strips; The vermicelli is soaked in advance and then cut into segments;
2. Peel the garlic, wash and chop; Clean the black bean sprouts and remove the black film and roots on the surface;
3. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, put the bean sprouts and shredded carrots into the pot and blanch the water;
4. Then put the vermicelli into the pot, boil it and soak it in cold water;
5. Put all the vegetables in a bowl, add minced garlic, pour in light soy sauce, salt and sesame oil and stir well;
6. Drizzle a little vinegar at the end for more deliciousness.
3. Wormwood
Wormwood is at its most lush before and after Qingming, it is actually an herb, the taste is green and sweet, and its color is cyan, in line with the meaning of "Qingming".
Recommended recipe: Qingming fruit
Ingredients: mugwort leaves, sausage, dried fragrant, bamboo shoots, pickles, spring onions, glutinous rice flour, rice flour, baking soda, oyster sauce
Production method:
1. Wash the bamboo shoots, dried fragrant and sausages and chop them into finely chopped; Clean and chop the spring onions;
2. Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot, first put the diced dried fragrant fragrant, diced bamboo shoots and minced sausages into the pot to stir-fry together to make the aroma;
3. Then put the pickles into it, the pickles have a salty taste, you can put a little less salt;
4. After stir-frying, add some minced green onions and stir-fry evenly;
5. Clean the wormwood, add an appropriate amount of water to the pot to boil the wormwood softly, remove and drain the water;
6. Prepare some glutinous rice flour and rice flour to mix well, then put the prepared wormwood into it, and knead together to form a smooth dough;
7. Roll the dough into a long strip and divide into equal small doses;
8. Then round and flatten the small agent into a dough sheet, wrap the fried ingredients inside, fold in half to pinch the edges into a twisted shape;
9. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, boil the water and put the wrapped Qingming fruit on the pot to steam.
4. Field snails
As the old saying goes, "Qingming snail, race fat goose." "When the snails before and after Qingming are the fattest, when you touch a basket in the river, this is a gift from nature.
Recommended recipe: snail stuffed meat
Ingredients: Field snails, minced pork, spring onions, ginger, chili pepper, garlic, green pepper, egg, light soy sauce, oyster sauce,
Production method:
1. After cleaning the snail meat, add some sesame oil to spit out the sand, and cut off the back of the butt with scissors;
2. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, put the snail into it, add ginger and cooking wine, cook and fish;
3. Use a toothpick to jump out of the snail meat inside, and the seeds behind can be removed;
4. Finely chop the snail meat with a knife, then put it into the pork, add minced green onion and ginger, stir well, then add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, stir well;
5. Stuff the stuffing back into the shell;
6. Add an appropriate amount of oil to the pan, fry the oil side down, add light soy sauce, sugar, salt and vinegar, pour some water, cover and simmer for a while, cook until the meat is cooked through.
●Avoid 1 sample
On the day of Qingming, do not hold happy events, wear red clothes, this is more taboo, and do not visit relatives and friends, it is not very auspicious. (Egg)