【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year

【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year

Overview

Northeastern folk custom is to bake noodles on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month and to steam steamed buns on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. Every household will steam several pots of big steamed buns, which means that the days in the coming year will be prosperous. I remember when I was a child, because my father passed away early, my mother took us three brothers and sisters to live with us. Our family was very poor and we could rarely eat fish during the Chinese New Year. My mother would definitely steam a pot of fish noodles for us and fry a pot of fish noodles, which we could only eat during the Chinese New Year. There was little white flour at that time, so my mother would mix some cornmeal and wrap it with bean filling. The steamed fish would be golden and auspicious, and the family would be reunited, happily looking forward to a better future in the coming year! The golden rooster brings good fortune, with more than one year after year. Taking advantage of this metaphor, I also steamed a dish full of New Year's flavor. The noodles are completely made of pumpkin puree. The golden color symbolizes grace and splendor, as well as wealth and good luck. Sesame seeds are used as fillings, which means that the sesame seeds will bloom more and more in the coming year! It's easy to think, but it's really difficult to make. When the dough is put into the pot, what comes out after steaming is always very different from what I imagined. It's either fat, blooming, or too hot. So I made a lot of fish. I kept cultivating the fish and adding colors to the fish. It seemed that the fish had life. I made it for three days in a row, and the final appearance was relatively close to what I imagined. Looking at these fish, the happiest thing is the children at home. They give my fish various names every day, such as hundreds of fish making a pilgrimage, koi in spring, hundreds of boats vying for the river... They all explain it to me in a poetic and picturesque way. I hoped that I would use a school of fish as the main picture, but I couldn’t be convinced in the end. I still like the golden color with a red background, which gives it a feeling of a prosperous New Year and is more suitable for celebrating the New Year. There have been fishes every year, blessing the food world to prosper in 2017, and the sesame seeds are blooming steadily! I wish you and your family happiness!

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Pumpkin steamed and pressed into puree

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 1

  2. Mix 200g flour with 200g pumpkin puree into the bread machine, add 2g less yeast and make a yellow dough. Add 300g high-gluten flour and an appropriate amount of water into the bread machine, add 2g more yeast and make a white dough

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 2

  3. Put it in a basin, cover it with plastic wrap, and ferment it in a warm place for 1 hour. I put it on the heater. The fermentation effect is very good after one hour

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 3

  4. Roast the glutinous rice flour in a wok over low heat

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 4

  5. Put cooked white sesame seeds into a cooking cup

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 5

  6. Add appropriate amount of cooked glutinous rice flour

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 6

  7. Beat it into powder. It is better to beat 150g white sesame seeds in two times

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 7

  8. Pour it into a bowl, add sugar and olive oil. If it feels dry, you can add a little less water. I didn’t add

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 8

  9. Clenched into a ball

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 9

  10. Take out the fermented dough and deflate it

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 10

  11. Take a piece of white dough, add an appropriate amount of purple sweet potato puree, and knead it into a purple dough. Add a drop of red food coloring to knead it into a pink dough. Add another drop and it will become a red dough

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 11

  12. Take the yellow dough and wrap it with sesame filling, shape it into a dumpling shape, roll it out evenly and make it smooth

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 12

  13. Take small pieces of dough and make fish fins

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 13

  14. To shape, press patterns on each part. Use black beans to make fish eyes. You can also make fish whiskers and fish bubbles. You can do it as you like. Cut the tail and press patterns on it, but it is almost invisible after steaming

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 14

  15. Steam for 12-15 minutes

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 15

  16. You can match colors to make fish patterns

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 16

  17. You can also use individual colors

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 17

  18. The color of purple sweet potato puree is lighter

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 18

  19. More colorful fish

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 19

  20. I also made a few small flowers

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 20

  21. If you change the background color, the children will say it’s like a hundred rivalries competing against each other

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 21

  22. There are fish year after year.

    【Heilongjiang】There are fish every year step 22