Candied dates and pea yellow

Overview

Pea yellow is a Beijing-specific palace snack, mostly seen in spring and summer. Most of the methods include soaking, boiling, smashing, adding sugar, frying with sugar, coagulating and cutting peas into pieces. The traditional method also adds red date meat. My parents like to eat pea yellow very much. Here in Kaifeng, there are a lot of pea yellows sold in the streets and alleys, and the price is very cheap. I used to buy them for my parents to eat. The weather is getting cooler, and there are fewer and fewer people selling pea yellow. So, I made pea yellow for my parents to eat at home. This time, I added candied dates.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• afternoon tea
• summer recipes
• beijing snacks
• candied dates
• clear water
• peeled peas
• fine sugar

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Soak peeled peas for a day.

   

2. 2 Wash the soaked peas and put them in a pot of boiling water (generally, the water used to cook the peas is 2 times more than the peas).

   

3. 3 Bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, then reduce to low heat and simmer until the peas are soft.

   

4. 4 Place the peas in a food processor and grind.

   

5. 5 Put the broken peas into the wok and add an appropriate amount of sugar.

   

6. 6 Stir-fry until the water is almost gone.

   

7. 7 Cut the candied dates into small pieces in advance.

   

8. 8 Spread inside container.

   

9. 9 Pour the fried pea paste into the container lined with candied dates.

   

10. 10 Cover with oil paper and smooth. After the temperature drops, place it in the refrigerator overnight.

    

11. 11 Prepare the pea yellow and pour it out.

    

12. 12 Cut into pieces and serve.