Pot helmet, is a traditional snack that everyone is very familiar with, it is widely distributed throughout the country. Although they are called pot helmets, they have obvious differences in morphological appearance.
With the same name, why does the pot helmet have such a big difference? From the production method to the shape of the appearance, and the taste that is finally presented, the difference is very large.
There are two main types of pot helmets that you have eaten so far, let's talk about the first one - juntun pot helmets.
Juntun is a place name, a small town on the northern outskirts of Chengdu. According to historical legends, during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang used to raise troops here, so it was named Juntun Town.
The military pot helmet, originally used as dry food for marching and fighting, has been continuously improved and turned into a special snack.
Juntun pot helmet, the appearance looks very thick, golden yellow appearance, especially likable. If you have seen its production process, you should love it more deeply.
Wataru is the most basic operation, rolling out the dough into long strips and then placing a pre-prepared meat sauce on its surface.
There are many kinds of meat sauce, and there will be different flavors, and then roll up the dough as a whole.
And this is not the end of it, you need to roll out the rolled dough again into long strips, continue to repeat the previous step, and let the meat sauce fully integrate into the dough.
At the same time, it can also make the dough have a richer layer, so some people call it a mille-feuille.
After that, you can directly go down to the pan to fry, in fact, because the amount of oil is relatively large, it can also be understood as frying.
After frying, you need to dry the pot helmet to remove the excess oil, in addition, in the process of cooling, the pot helmet will become more crispy.
Some are more elaborate, after frying, there will be a baking process, the purpose of which is also to make the taste of the pot helmet better.
However, in recent years, Youpin has come into contact with another kind of pot helmet, which is completely different from the Juntun pot helmet.
The Forrest Gump pot helmet based in Chongqing is a typical representative of this.
The process is as follows, the same dough, rolled into a very thin sheet of cake, and then added with different ingredients, you can choose from a variety of flavors.
Instead of frying in a frying pan, the pancakes are directly pasted into the stove and baked, which looks like Xinjiang's baked bread.
Because the cake is very thin, it can be baked quickly, then taken out of the oven and eaten hot, very thin and crispy, with some toughness at the same time.
In the impression of the tour, this snack haunts the surrounding area of the campus all year round, and has always been called "plum button meat cake", because plum button meat is the most common taste.
You Pin specifically inquired about the relevant background knowledge of the pot helmet, the mainstream saying that the pot helmet is derived from the cuisine of Shaanxi and Gansu regions, and it is indeed a region dominated by noodles.
However, after the development of all parts of the country, everyone has carried out different degrees of improvement and innovation, which has now a situation of a hundred flowers.
Just like hot pot is a big food category, Chongqing's hot pot is spicy and fragrant, and the hot pot in Guangdong is mild and healthy, and there are great differences between everyone.
However, it cannot be said that only one kind of hot pot is authentic. The world of food should be colorful.
Have you ever eaten a pot helmet? What kind of pot helmet do you have there?