Ai Ye Pearl Pills

Overview

Mugwort, also called mugwort leaf, has the effect of warming menstrual blood and expelling cold and dampness. China has had the habit of eating mugwort since ancient times, such as the green dumplings in the south of the Yangtze River and the mugwort cakes in Sichuan and Yunnan. When I was young, during this season, my father would bring back a handful of mugwort from outside, pinch off the leaves, and make green dumplings for us. The faint aroma of the mugwort lingers on the tip of the nose. I made these mugwort leaf pearl balls today, haha, I can smell the aroma of mugwort again!

Tags

• hot dishes
• cooking wine
• light soy sauce
• meat filling
• onion and ginger
• sesame oil
• white glutinous rice
• mugwort leaves
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare the ingredients and soak the glutinous rice in advance for about 15 hours or more.

   

2. 2 Process mugwort leaves in a blender and beat into juice.

   

3. 3 Strain the moxa leaf water and use it to soak glutinous rice.

   

4. 4 Put the moxa leaves into the meat filling.

   

5. 5 Season the stuffing, add cooking wine, minced onion and ginger, salt, and sesame oil.

   

6. 6 Mix well.

   

7. 7 Take out the glutinous rice soaked in mugwort water for more than 30 minutes and set aside.

   

8. 8 Use your hands to roll the stuffing into a small ball, put it into the glutinous rice, roll it to coat the glutinous rice, and then put it on the corn leaves in the prepared steamer.

   

9. 9 Steam over high heat for about 10 minutes. Once the glutinous rice is crystal clear and translucent, turn off the heat and simmer for another minute.

   

10. 10 In this way, you are done, and the fragrant mugwort pearl pills are born!