rice noodle
I've eaten them all
But!
Hollow in the middle
Rice noodles can only be made in a certain season
You don't necessarily have eaten it
Rice noodles are an indispensable delicacy in the lives of Yunnan people, in Jianshui County, there is a kind of rice noodles, the middle is hollow, with a different taste from ordinary rice noodles, so it is praised as "the only taste - Dianwei hollow rice noodles".
Hollow rice noodles, is the local specialty food of Tiesuo Village, Dianwei Township, Jianshui County, because the production process is extremely cumbersome, it takes a lot of time and labor, the output is limited and the production time is limited by the season, it can only be made when the spring is dry and windy, from the fifties and sixties of the last century, only Zhao Changxiu's family will know this traditional production skills.
The main raw material of hollow rice noodles is red rice, which is soaked a day in advance and polished into rice milk by hand, filtered overnight and then kneaded with water.
After boiling for an hour, the slightly reddened rice crackers float up one after another, put the rice crackers fished out while they are hot and put them into the mortar with a history of more than 400 years, three or four people step on the tail of the mill, support each other, Zhao Changxiu keeps turning the rice crackers with the rhythm on the mortar head, the speed is from slow to fast, with the increasing viscosity, stepping on the mill also needs to use all their strength, often a process down, both sides are tired and out of breath.
The tool for squeezing rice noodles has been passed down for more than 100 years, the rice crackers are put into the middle groove, using the principle of levers, and the other end is pressed on a wooden stick by two or three people, and the rice crackers are repeatedly pressed down, and the rice cakes pass through a sieve made of pure copper to form rice noodles of the same thickness and fall into a pot of boiling water below.
The control of water temperature is very important, which directly affects the taste of rice noodles, and the formed rice noodles need to be quickly fished out of the cold water, so that the rice noodles with distinct roots will become soft and tough.
Why is the rice noodle hollow, the most critical step is the wind, the water in March and April, the weather is dry, the wind is relatively strong, the boiled rice noodle is hung on the bamboo pole in the yard, after the natural sunlight, drying, the moisture of the rice noodle quickly volatilizes to a semi-dry state and then sets it with a wooden clip, and then air-dried for two days, it achieves the effect of partial hollow.
The traditional handmade hollow rice noodles have a low yield, and only one catty of red rice can make six or five dry rice noodles, and the price is 50 yuan a catty. Hollow rice noodles have a unique toughness, soft and chewy taste, and the aftertaste also has the fragrance of red rice.
In 2020, the hollow rice noodle making technique of the Iron Institute was selected into the list of the fourth batch of representative items of intangible cultural heritage in Jianshui County. In order to better inherit and protect this precious intangible cultural heritage, in recent years, Dianwei Township has continuously increased publicity efforts and used various forms of activities to promote and promote it, hoping that more people can understand and like this skill and food to help inherit the intangible cultural heritage.
Reporter: Zhang La, Zhao Yijin, Liu Yuxing
Editor: Zhao Yijin, Liu Yuxing
Review: Zhang Lei
Legal Counsel: Yunnan Mao Rongfang Law Firm, Mao Rongfang Lawyer, 13808775229