This year's October 17 is the Chinese traditional "September 9th" Chongyang Festival. In the Customs of Chongyang, eating Chongyang Cake is an indispensable one, because "cake" and "high" are harmonious, and the living standard of meaning is rising step by step, symbolizing the joy and auspiciousness of the family. And the Chongyang Festival is also called the Respect for the Elderly Festival, there is an old saying "Chongyang does not eat cakes, the old people come to tell people" Folk to steam Chongyang cakes to honor the elderly.
On this day, I also specially made this sweet and soft Chongyang cake for the elders of the family to eat, wishing them health and longevity! For the body and taste of the elderly, my heavy yang cake does not use oil, it is not sticky to the teeth, soft and sticky and refreshing. The cake is toped with raisins, cranberries, and the sandwich is stuffed with bean paste, and you can also place other dried fruits and fillings according to the taste of the elderly.
On the occasion of the Chongyang Festival, let's make a piece of Chongyang cake together to welcome this annual season!
【Ingredients】: Glutinous rice flour 100 g, sticky rice flour 70 g, powdered sugar 40 g, bean paste 300 g, cranberry appropriate amount, raisin appropriate amount, water 90 g
【Method】: 1, mix glutinous rice flour, sticky rice flour and powdered sugar together;
2, pour water, stir until the water is absorbed;
3. Grasp the powder by hand into granules;
4, find a larger sieve, the powder through the sieve, to use the hand clockwise rubbing, or it is not difficult to sieving the sieve into a small particle of powder;
5. Put the appropriate amount of powder into the four-inch mold and press it firmly;
6, put water in the pot to boil, into the steamer steamer for 5 minutes;
7, steamed and taken out, spread a layer of bean paste, press tight, too dry to wipe then the spoon sticks to the water is better to wipe;
8, and then lay a layer of powder, steam for 5 minutes after laying a layer of bean paste, and then lay a layer of powder;
9: Finally, spread the dried cranberries and raisins and steam for 7 minutes;
After steaming, turn off the fire and let it dry, and then take off the mold after cooling; take advantage of this Chongyang Festival to make Chongyang cakes for parents and fathers, and wish them health and longevity.
Chongyang Festival is coming, what traditional foods are you preparing?