For a long time, the name of traditional cuisine has always been wild. In the front, there was the "dog ignore" bun produced in Tianjin, and then there was the legendary "fish fragrant meat shreds" without fish meat. But where it is related to eating, the imagination of the Chinese people is surprisingly rich. The dish to be introduced today is a snack from Henan, which is named "Dragon Whisker Cake" because of its pure white appearance, dense taste, and exquisite production, and its dough is like a dragon's whiskers.
The raw materials of the dragon's whisker cake are mainly made of wheat concentrate, maltose, etc., so the raw materials determine that the color of its products is milky white, the layers are clear, and it has the characteristics of melting in the mouth and returning to the sweet taste.
The specific method is to use maltose into the basin, and then use boiling water to slowly melt it, and when the maltose gradually becomes soft, then take it out. Finally, rub and rub on the board.
In addition, use glutinous rice flour to pull the middle of the flour apart, twist it into an "S" shape, and then continue, repeating the cycle until the flour has a drawing effect. At the same time, the remaining ingredients are mixed with glutinous rice flour into the sugar shreds, and the previous action is repeated, and a pure taste of "dragon whisker cake" is baked.
<h1>First, the history of dragon whisker cake</h1>
As a classic dish, how can the dragon's whisker cake lack allusions. Legend has it that when King Tota Li Tianwang arrived at Chen Tangguan, his wife was pregnant for nearly four years, but he was indeed a badass. No, it's a meat egg. Li Tianwang looked at this meat and egg and thought to himself, This is an ominous omen. Immediately a knife slashed down, who knows but a handsome guy was created, yes, it is the Nezha who is not afraid of the sky.
Of course, this is the last word, before becoming a prodigy, Nezha was a "bear child", who liked to catch cats and tease dogs and practice martial arts since he was a child. One day, he and his friends went to the beach to bask in the sun, and happened to encounter the third prince of the East Sea Dragon King going out to sea, these three princes are not good people, he abused children, killed the people indiscriminately, Nezha this violent temper which can manage this, ready to go forward to theorize, who knows his god power, actually slaughtered the third prince. When the East Sea Dragon King heard this bad news, he didn't get angry and blamed Li Tianwang.
The Dragon King launched a surge, that guy, vomiting incessantly, and the flood he spit out actually flooded Chen Tangguan, at this time, the little Nezha thief lectured on righteousness, one person doing things and one person doing it, you don't bother my parents. So he cut his abdomen, removed his bones and returned his flesh and bones to his parents, and finally relied on the support of lotus leaves to be reborn and transformed into Nezha, who is now loved by everyone.
After possessing superpowers, Nezha killed the East Sea Dragon Palace, smashed all the Dragon King's old nests, skinned him, smoked his tendons, and finally even cut the dragon's whiskers for him. And gracefully handed it over to the chef next to him, asking him to make a delicacy and distribute it to the suffering people, and this delicacy is now the dragon's whisker cake.
This allusion is very deflating, but after all, it is a myth and legend, which also shows that the circulation of dragon whisker cake among ordinary people, as a delicacy that can be eaten with it, is too suitable as a folk classic snack.
<h1>Second, the development of dragon whisker cake</h1>
With the improvement of living standards, people's requirements for food are also constantly improving, from ancient times to the present, people's enthusiasm for sweets has been very high, mainly because of the too poor living environment at that time, everyone is still inexplicably favored for sweets. With the health consciousness promoted today, too much sugar can cause obesity and other reasons, people began to invent salty dragon whisker cake, this dish that has been passed down for many years has now added a lot of meat ingredients, such as egg pine, meat, shrimp and ginger slices.
Salty dragon whisker cake has become a must-have snack for many young people to work, with the rapid development of the takeaway industry, from production to delivery, even only ten minutes, can let consumers eat hot dragon whisker cake. In many places, many people also use dragon whisker cake to soak crayfish. After soaking the lobster sauce, the dragon whisker cake is very tender and does not have a crispy fragrance wafting out, which has now developed into the internet celebrity eating method of many local hot pot restaurants.
<h1>Third, the nutrition of dragon whisker cake</h1>
Don't look at the dragon whisker cake is unremarkable, as a snack, it is famous in China, and it is also a snack that nourishes the stomach and spleen, replenishes the qi and nourishes the face. As the raw material of the dragon's whisker cake, shrimp is a rare nutritious product. The fat content of shrimp meat is very low, and it is also rich in taurine that can effectively reduce human serum cholesterol in the human body, in addition, rich in potassium, iodine, magnesium and other trace elements and vitamins are the main sound nutrients of shrimp meat.
In addition, shrimp meat for the body of meat, physical weakness of the patient is an excellent recipe material, magnesium in the shrimp, can provide the necessary regulatory effect on human heart activity, to protect the human cardiovascular system, has a significant therapeutic effect. For many patients with arteriosclerosis, shrimp are more able to reduce the cholesterol content in the blood, effectively preventing the expansion of coronary arteries and hypertension, myocardial infarction and so on.
At the same time, there is an element called astaxanthin in the shrimp, which has a red surface, which is the most effective antioxidant found so far, and the darker the color, the higher the content of astaxanthin. Astaxanthin is widely used in cosmetics and medicines, and even Japanese scientific studies have shown that astaxanthin helps eliminate the "jet lag" of the human body because of frequent travel to and from various countries.
<h1>IV. Conclusion</h1>
After hundreds of years of history, dragon's whisker cake is still a classic food in people's mouths, which makes more sense, as a sweet and salty delicacy, it almost encompasses the tastes of the north and south, and has developed into a more popular way of eating in many places. The reason is because of the excellence in the production process, what is the dragon whisker, it must be ensured that each one on the dough is meticulous as a whisker. In order to ensure the texture of the texture and layering.
With the development of the times, many traditional classics continue to disappear, and the dragon's whisker cake has been passed down to this day, which shows that its unique taste and practice have won the favor of modern people, and this is also the concept that should be inherited as a traditional snack. The enduring spirit of production and the perseverance of food are the most important things to achieve a traditional snack.
bibliography:
Journey to the West
"Qi Min Zhi Shu"
"China on the Tip of the Tongue"