The contemporary Yi poet Ji Di Zhaolin once wrote in a poem: "No one knows that my aunt made buckwheat rice / Sometimes bigger than the sun." ”
Buckwheat made of buckwheat grown on the black land of Daliang Mountain, China, which is thousands of meters above sea level, has raised countless brave and frank Yi men and industrious and beautiful Yi women.
Buckwheat made of buckwheat, the first taste is slightly bitter, taste carefully, into the body will become luscious sweetness, like a warm current, flowing through every cell of the body, every inch of skin.
Buckwheat has long been one of the staple foods of the Liangshan Yi people for about 1,000 years.
The ancient saying that is now circulating: "The world buckwheat is in China, and the Chinese buckwheat is in the Yi area", "The greatest thing in the world is the mother, the oldest crop is the bitter buckwheat", "the mother in the world is big, the grain buckwheat is king", "Eat the buckwheat, climb the mountains and mountains is not tired." Eat buckwheat and drink alcohol without fear. After eating buckwheat, the teeth are white and neat. "Eat more buckwheat, the girl looks like a flower." etc., all of them are extremely obvious to reflect the important role played by bitter buckwheat in the life of the Yi people.
The preparation method of Yijia buckwheat rice dumplings is simple and crisp, generally with an appropriate amount of water and noodles, kneaded into a cake and baked by the fire, placed in a pot to be cooked, cooked or steamed.
In the production process, baking soda or yeast powder is generally not added, so the buckwheat dumplings made are very "iron", but they do not affect the taste. On the contrary, it is possible to taste the real taste.
Nutritious, fragrant, delicious. This real delicacy will also accompany the Yi people to a longer and more brilliant future!