The beginning of the new year, Vientiane is renewed, and the New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar is about to usher in 2024.
New Year's Day is not a traditional festival in the mainland, the first day of the Gregorian New Year is called New Year's Day, in fact, it is only a hundred years ago, although its impact is far less far-reaching than the Spring Festival, but it is also a New Year in the standard sense, when the bell rings at 0:00 on the first day of 2024, many people will also celebrate the arrival of the Gregorian New Year with friends and family.
New Year's Day is the beginning of the year, of course, we must also make a good start, so that you and your family can have a safe and smooth year. It is recommended that everyone eat 4 "blessing dishes" on New Year's Day, do 3 "good luck things", and wish good luck in the new year, and all your wishes will come true.
On the first day of the 2024 New Year, remember to eat these 4 blessed dishes, which means that the new year is full of blessings and a smooth life.
The first course: mushroom fresh meat box - fortune and treasure
Wrap the batter with shiitake mushrooms and meat filling, fry until golden, the appearance looks like a golden ingot, and then pour the sweet and sour sweet and sour sauce, the color is gorgeous and beautiful and very festive, symbolizing the great wealth and wealth, attracting wealth and treasure, at the family gathering on New Year's Day, it will be served on the table with good meaning, which is very in line with the festival atmosphere.
Ingredients: shiitake mushrooms, minced meat, ginger, green onions, flour, starch, shallots.
1. Pour an appropriate amount of salt, a small amount of chicken essence, pepper, 1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce into the meat filling, stir until strong, pour in 3 tablespoons of green onion and ginger water, beat in an egg and stir evenly and vigorously, and finally add chopped shallots and minced ginger and mix well.
2. Put the flour and starch in a basin in a ratio of 7:1, pour in an egg white, pour in an appropriate amount of water, and stir well.
3. Wash the mushrooms and break off the stems of the mushrooms, stuff the meat filling into the nest, it is best to make the meat filling bulge, put it in the prepared batter, and let it hang a thin layer of paste.
4. Add more oil to the pot, burn to 6 hot, fry in the oil pan until golden brown and remove it, raise the oil temperature and put it in the pot to fry again to remove the oil.
5. Add 5 tablespoons of tomato paste, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 3 tablespoons of white vinegar and a small amount of salt to the wok, pour in a small half bowl of water, turn on the heat and stir until it is a more viscous paste, pour into the fried mushroom meat box, let it evenly coat it with sweet and sour sauce, put it on a plate and sprinkle sesame seeds, and then use cucumber to pose on the side of the plate.
The second course: fried corn kernels with shrimp - full of gold and jade
This dish is simple with simple materials, simple in method, but without losing the atmosphere, with shrimp, corn, cucumber and carrot together, the color is bright and attractive, the taste is fresh and fragrant, and then the green cucumber is placed in a circle, the shape is very beautiful and atmospheric, representing the "gold and jade full house", on the other hand, it also represents the meaning of full wealth.
Ingredients: shrimp, cucumber, corn, carrots.
1. Blanch the shrimp after thawing, blanch in boiling water for 30 seconds and then remove it, wash and dice the carrots, and put them in a cooking pot with corn to fry and remove them.
2. Before cooking, you can put a plate with cucumbers, cut the cucumbers in half, slice them with a knife, connect them one by one, wrap them into a circle, and then decorate them with coriander and millet pepper rings.
3. Add an appropriate amount of oil to the wok, pour in the green onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, pour in carrots and corn kernels, and stir-fry evenly.
4. Add the blanched shrimp and diced cucumber, add salt, chicken essence and light soy sauce, pour in a small amount of water starch, stir-fry evenly over high heat to reduce the juice and pour it into the plate.
The third course: carothy ball - the wealth is rolling
This dish of "wealth rolling" is very simple, but rich in connotation and beautiful meaning, after the carrot shreds are steamed into balls, poured with secret sauce, the bright orange color is pleasing to the eye, it looks very festive atmosphere, it tastes Q elastic and smooth, and the round shape also has the beautiful meaning of "wealth rolling over", it is served on the table on New Year's Day, and eating a bite means making a fortune and good luck.
Ingredients: carrots, sweet potato starch, shallots, millet peppers, white sesame seeds, garlic.
1. Wash and rub the carrots into shreds, blanch them in hot water for 1 minute until the shredded carrots become soft, remove and control the water.
2. Add an appropriate amount of sweet potato starch, 1 tablespoon of pepper and an appropriate amount of salt to the shredded carrots and mix well.
3. Coat a small amount of oil on the palm of your hand, form the carrot shreds into small round balls, and put them in the steamer to steam for 10 minutes.
4. 2 tablespoons of garlic, 2 tablespoons of white sesame seeds and an appropriate amount of millet pepper, put them in a bowl and pour hot oil to stimulate the fragrance, pour in 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, a little chopped green onion, an appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence, stir well, and mix the steamed carrot balls with the juice.
Fourth course: radish steamed pork - thriving
This "thriving" dish is simple, using white radish and meat slices as the main ingredients, not only has a chic and beautiful appearance, but also has a fragrant aroma, and it is also a good time to eat radish in winter. The use of steamed cooking, healthy nutrition and prosperity at the same time, I hope that everyone in the new year, regardless of career or life, can be prosperous.
Ingredients: white radish, pork loin, ginger, green onion, Sichuan peppercorns.
1. Wash the pork loin and cut it into thin slices, put it in a bowl and add 3 spoons of green onion and ginger water, grasp and mix evenly, add 2 spoons of light soy sauce, pepper and an appropriate amount of salt, after grasping and mixing evenly, pour in a spoonful of oil and a small amount of starch, and mix well.
2. Wash and peel the white radish and slice it, and make a circle on the plate.
3. Put the marinated meat in the middle of the plate and steam it in a steamer for 20 minutes.
4. Stir well with 1 spoonful of steamed fish soy sauce, 1 spoonful of oyster sauce, appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence, add a spoonful of starch and water, pour it into a wok with a small amount of oil, and boil until thick.
5. Pour on the steamed radish slices and sprinkle with chopped shallots.
On the first day of the 2024 New Year, remember to do these 3 lucky things, which means that the new year will bring good luck and good luck.
The first thing: send blessings
New Year's Day, as the first day of the new year, whether it is out of etiquette or to express one's feelings, you should send your New Year's blessings to your relatives, friends, teachers, leaders, etc. on this festive occasion. The way of blessing can be based on the actual situation, in the other party's convenience directly to send blessings, or by sending messages and other blessings, no matter which way, they sincerely express their good wishes for the new year.
Sending blessings also further strengthens the relationship between each other, connects feelings, improves one's interpersonal relationships, and is conducive to life and work in the new year, so that everything will go well in the new year.
The second piece: wear new clothes
No matter how the year 2023 goes, whether you are happy or sad, this is a thing of the past, so don't dwell on it. It is important to start the new year off to a good start. As the saying goes, "New Year, New Weather", New Year's Day, as the first day of the solar calendar year, should be sorted out to start a better life in the new year. On New Year's Day, you can put on new clothes, freshen up and tidy, and let yourself start the new year with a new look.
Wearing new clothes can improve your self-confidence, make yourself happy, and good luck will follow, which will also open up good luck for yourself from the side.
The third thing: add life
On the occasion of the New Year, everyone will clean the home in advance to welcome the New Year, and after cleaning, you can also go to the flower market to buy some green plants full of beautiful meanings, such as fortune trees, rich bamboo, etc., to add some vitality to the home, improve the air, environment and atmosphere at home, and better accept the joy of the New Year, so that they look very comfortable, and the mood will be better, and everything will be prosperous.
If there is no green plants at home, the home may seem a little dull, living in such an environment for a long time, people will inevitably be affected, if there are conditions to raise a few goldfish, fish in the traditional culture of the mainland has always represented "more than every year", so that their wealth is more vigorous.
- Lao Jing said -
Of course, on New Year's Day, you should also go to see your parents, have a hearty reunion dinner with your parents and family, if you have time, you can go out with them and accompany them, if you are far away from home and have no conditions to go home, you must remember to call your parents and greet them, so that they are happy, the family is harmonious, the family atmosphere is warm, everything can be more prosperous, and the financial resources will come. #2024 Energize your life#
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