Steamed spring cake

Overview

The dietary customs of the Han nationality at the beginning of spring. There is a custom of eating spring pancakes at the beginning of spring in the north. Spring pancakes are the most delicious in the Northeast and Beijing areas. It is said that spring pancakes, as a traditional Chaozhou snack, evolved from the ancient folk snacks of Chaozhou and need to be verified. Spring pancakes are pancakes baked with flour, usually rolled into vegetables. At first, spring pancakes and vegetables were put on a plate to become a spring plate. The Song Dynasty's "Sui Sui Guang Ji" quoted from the Tang Dynasty's "Four Seasons Treasure Mirror" records: At the beginning of spring, the daily food is radish, spring cakes, and lettuce, which is called spring plate. From the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the popularity of eating spring pancakes became increasingly popular, and there are records of the emperor giving spring plates of spring pancakes to officials at the beginning of spring. According to "Yandu Tour Chronicles" of the Ming Dynasty: On every spring day, (the emperor) gives spring cakes to all officials at the Meridian Gate. By the Qing Dynasty, the vegetable fillings eaten with spring pancakes became more abundant. Nowadays, people prepare side dishes or various stir-fried dishes and randomly put them into the spring cakes when eating them. Eating spring pancakes at the beginning of spring means welcoming spring and praying for a good harvest.

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• egg
• flour
• fungus
• garlic
• minced pork
• mung bean sprouts
• oil
• onions
• seaweed
• shredded potatoes
• vinegar
• ginger
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 For flour, knead the noodles with cold water in a small basin and knead the noodles with boiling water in a large basin.

   

2. 2 Mix the two dough ingredients together and knead into a dough, let it rest for 40 minutes.

   

3. 3 The dough after waking up

   

4. 4 Apply a layer of oil to the panel to prevent sticking. Divide the dough into small pieces, apply a little sesame oil on the surface of each piece, then stack the two pieces together and roll them into thin round cakes.

   

5. 5 Boil the steamer water in advance, brush oil on the steamer, then put the rolled out dough cake on the steamer cover and steam it for two minutes. The cake will be just right. Cool and divide the cake into two thin pancakes. Spare

   

6. 6 One sheet divided into two

   

7. 7 Steamed cakes, 550 grams can steam 18 cakes. I can eat four by myself.

   

8. 8 Fried shredded potatoes and minced meat, add vinegar,

   

9. 9 Home grown organic bean sprouts are nutritious and delicious. Stir-fried.

   

10. 10 Egg pancake, cut into shreds, and make a bowl of seaweed and egg skin soup

    

11. 11 Egg skin

    

12. 12 Seaweed, egg skin and fungus soup…

    

13. 13 Have a piece of divided pizza

    

14. 14 Put the prepared bean paste, add shredded potatoes ➕ bean sprouts ➕ spring onions and roll it up

    

15. 15 rolled

    

16. 16 Take a bite, it's so delicious... take a sip of the soup and have endless aftertaste!