During the autumn equinox, taste the mustard cake

The scientific name of chicken head rice is Qi Shi. Because the head of the grass stalk of this plant looks like a chicken head, it is called "chicken head rice".

The stalks bloom in early summer, and when the flowers are gone, the stalks protrude out of the water with a thorny bud, which at first glance looks a bit like a pomegranate, and when the bud is red, the fruit inside is ripe.

Qi Shi is still a good Chinese herbal medicine, the tender rod peeling taste fresh, chicken head efficacy medicine gold list. But it takes a little effort to take out the chicken head rice, because the body is full of thorns, so it is very difficult to get the fruit inside. The thorny mustard could not be started, but could only be stepped on under his feet and cut open with a knife, and there was a layer of sponge-like clothing cells inside. Hide the rice in it, gently pull it out with a knife, and then pour the fruit into a basin and wash it. It is brown in appearance and has a hard shell on the surface. The most difficult to peel is this layer of shell, peeling the rice is a kung fu work, must be patient, peel for a long time, the nails will hurt, the hands will become black, it is not easy to wash clean, relatives every time when peeling the solid, will wear a nail cover on the thumb, so that the nails will not hurt when peeling. The peeled rice is jade white, like a full pearl.

Next, simmer over a slow heat in a bowl of sweet mustard soup. First cook the rice until it is seven or eight minutes cooked, then add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, after the rock sugar is dissolved, add the rice, wait for the water to boil for a while, immediately turn off the heat, and hold it to cool. In the blue and white porcelain bowl, the sticky mustard soup emits a burst of fragrance. Taste it, smooth and tender, soft and sticky, full of fragrance in your mouth. Dried rice can be made into a mustard cake. Rural people have mills, and people in the cities have to borrow equipment. Next you can slice and store. I couldn't resist putting a slice of mustard cake in my mouth, and the sesame seeds accompanied by the mellow aroma of peanuts, coupled with the chewiness of the mustard, were delicious.