The method of "koshiki" in Mihara Prefecture

In Mihara County, there is a traditional breakfast food that is loved by the masses and is inexpensive, called "Koshiki Cake". Koshiki cake, also known as crystal dragon and phoenix cake, originated from the Tang Dynasty and has a long history.

　　"Koshiki cake" is a high-grade tonic snack, is a high-grade gift for relatives and friends during the New Year's Festival, koshiki (sound gift), salute is a gift, so the three original masses are called jing cake. Jing cake is a "cake" made from red dates and glutinous rice and steamed with "koshiki". The cake and rice dates blend together, not only sticky and sweet, nutritious, but also nourishing and healthy.

　　Ingredients: Jiang rice (specially selected glutinous rice from Yunmeng County, Hubei Province)

　　Honey Jujube (Specially Selected Jishan County, Shanxi Province)

　　Preparation Method:

　　1, soak rice, soak in cool water, hand into a powder state is good (40-60 minutes).

　　2, steam the embryo, fish out the rice, drain the water, koshiki, boil on high heat (30-40 minutes) on the gas, sprinkle water on the rice in the pot once, and then boil the steam.

　　3, out of the pot to add water, 10 kg of rice plus 4 kg of water, according to the origin of rice, varieties of water intake is not the same. (Good rice has less water and bad rice has more draft).

　　4, loaded, the grate should be flattened, a layer of dates, a layer of rice, four layers of dates, three layers of rice a total of 7 layers.

　　5: Steam, bring to a boil on high heat, reduce heat to 10 hours. In the meantime, add water to the bottom pot 1-3 times until it is cooked through.

　　Production Essentials:

　　1, rice should be soaked in cool water until soft and thorough, can not have a hard heart;

　　2, the process of re-steaming can not run gas, if you run air cake will have raw rice grains.

　　Features: fragrant, beautiful color, soft and sweet tendons.