In Chaoshan Province, every eighth festival of the year, the skillful Chaoshan women will make kway teow as a tribute to the gods, in addition to considering its practical value, but also make full use of the kun as a special carrier, pinning people's good wishes and auspicious meanings. The Cotton Lake cuisine that Xiaobian wants to introduce to you today is the hair and rice that is based on the meaning of development and development.
Fa kwan, also known as fermented rice cake kway, is a fermented rice cake kway, generally made on major festivals or when worshiping the ancestors, meaning "getting rich" and pinning people's beautiful hopes. Every day, Aunt Cai first soaks the rice made for two hours, then grinds it into rice milk, adds an appropriate amount of sugar and baking powder to stir, and then pours it into a vessel made of bamboo grate and thin wooden planks for steamers, and puts it into a pot to steam.
Aunt Cai will be on the steamed hair kway, affixed with red paper cut into a circle (for worship of the old man) or double happiness (for happy events), at this time the surface of the hair kway teow due to the fermentation of baking powder expansion and cracking, shaped like a blooming flower, Chaoshan people also call it "laughing kun", symbolizing the "happy smile" of the good intentions, the larger the hair, the deeper the crack, it symbolizes getting rich and good luck.
The order of the years is not self-evident, the years are tossed and turned, and the hair is not, this kind of food with good wishes is still the unique strong festival flavor of the Cotton Lake area.
Content source: Cotton Lake Today
Photo editor: Chaoshan people's home
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