Shanwei snacks, in the Guangdong region, are very mysterious and charming. Whether it is a foreigner or a mainlander, they like Shanwei snacks very much. Shanwei snack is very popular because it is delicious, maintaining the original taste and characteristics.
Like this dish, which can be both a snack and a staple food, water fins, to make a water fin, you need to constantly change the water. The water fins soaked in water will have a smell, but once fried, its delicious taste will officially come out, just like the "bean juice" in Beijing, which smells strange, but it tastes delicious.
Although the water fin is delicious, the production process is not simple, the raw materials for making the water fin need to use glutinous rice and peanut oil, and then through 5 processes of thousands of hammers and hammers to make a white and soft water fin.
Next, let's take a look at its production process:
1. Soak glutinous rice, wash the glutinous rice in water enough for one day and one night.
2. Steam the glutinous rice, put the soaked glutinous rice in a large pot to steam, steam for about an hour or more until it is cooked through.
3. Scoop (pound), this step is the most difficult and the most important. After the glutinous rice is cooked thoroughly, it is put into the stone basket while it is hot. A wooden bar is erected with a pillar, and at the other end of the bar is a round stone, and two or three people take turns stepping on the wooden bar at one end. As the round stone rises and falls repeatedly, a person rhythmically smears peanut oil with his hand at the other end, while flipping the glutinous rice stuck to the round part of the stone until the glutinous rice is rotten and evenly scooped, and so on. After scooping the glutinous rice into a pulp ball, rub it by hand, divide it into pieces, and then on a special round board, roll out the glutinous rice balls. It's a bit like japanese people pounding rice cakes on the street.
4. To dry, put the molded "water fins" in a clean place and let them dry for a week.
5. Soak in water, put the prepared "water fins" into the water to soak, and only fish it up and cut it into pieces when you want to eat it.
Make the water fins, wash and cut them in a pan and fry them until golden brown on both sides, and you can eat. Or you can eat it with salty condiments such as eggs, green onions, and lean meat, or you can eat them with sweet condiments such as peanuts, sesame seeds, and sugar. Whatever the flavor, the rich sticky rice aroma and soft and tender texture are something you can't stop enjoying.