Looking for the New Year flavor| Yiwu mochi: play a strong New Year flavor

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Mochi is a kind of sticky sweet food made from glutinous rice processing, aromatic soft glutinous, has been a delicious snack for Yiwu people for thousands of years, and is also one of the representatives of Traditional Pastries in Yiwu.

The quality of mochi depends first of all on the quality of the rice, and it is necessary to use high-quality new glutinous rice; secondly, the glutinous rice must be steamed, thorough and soft, so that the mochi can be soft and tendonous.

The soaked glutinous rice is steamed on a high heat, and in a few moments, the steaming heat continues to emerge from the edge of the lid. The steamed glutinous rice is poured into the stone mortar, and a wooden hammer weighing 20 or 30 kilograms is beaten. In one turn, the original granular glutinous rice is completely glued. This is a time-consuming and laborious process, and it is also the most important process of making mochi, mochi is delicious or not, it all depends on the hammer craft. A round, white, steaming glutinous rice ball is placed on a table covered with soybean flour, and then the rice balls are slowly spread out to form a large, even round cake. Sprinkle a layer of stir-fried and crushed sesame seeds and Yiwu brown sugar on it, then fold this "round cake" in half, cut it into two-finger-wide strips with a knife, and fill the mochi with the aroma of beans, glutinous rice, sesame and brown sugar.

With the turn of the years, this year's flavor of mochi seems to be a sweet rendezvous, and the scene of playing mochi has also become a common memory of sweetness and happiness in the hearts of generations of Yiwu people.