Qingming Rice Cake--a traditional snack of the Hakka people

Qingming Rice Cake--a traditional snack of the Hakka people

Overview

My family is in the Hakka area, and Hakka women are hardworking and virtuous. They can make many traditional Hakka specialties, and Qingming rice dumplings are one of them. Qingming rice dumplings are commonly known as green rice dumplings and mugwort rice dumplings. They are fragrant and sweet and can dispel dampness and replenish qi. The ingredients are fresh and wild grass. Because they contain mugwort, it is good for women to eat. Every Qingming Festival, it is Hakka custom that everyone goes out in the wild to visit graves and pick some fresh and tender ramie leaves, mugwort leaves, Pulsatilla, Houttuynia cordata, chicken manure vine and Shijunzi that are in season to make Qingming rice dumplings. During the Qingming Festival, it rains heavily and the human body is heavy with moisture. Eating Qingming rice dumplings to dispel cold and dampness is just the right thing!

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Wash the grass and cook it in a rice cooker

    Qingming Rice Cake--a traditional snack of the Hakka people step 1

  2. Pick up the cooked green leaves and chop them into small pieces.

    Qingming Rice Cake--a traditional snack of the Hakka people step 2

  3. Mix chopped green grass into glutinous rice flour and rice flour, add sugar, and knead until soft.

    Qingming Rice Cake--a traditional snack of the Hakka people step 3

  4. Knead it thoroughly into a green dumpling

    Qingming Rice Cake--a traditional snack of the Hakka people step 4

  5. Make it into a round and flat shape and steam it in a pot, and you will have a signature rice dumpling exuding a strong aroma of mugwort leaves.

    Qingming Rice Cake--a traditional snack of the Hakka people step 5