Encyclopedia of the practice of hemp cake

The methods of making cakes are: glutinous rice noodle version and glutinous rice chef's machine version.

1. glutinous rice flour version of mashi

ingredients: glutinous rice flour, black sesame seeds, white sugar and brown sugar.

tools: steamer+steamer.

Step 1: Put the glutinous rice into a large basin, pour in warm water of about 6 degrees several times, which is similar to kneading dough. First, use chopsticks to stir it into a flocculent shape, and then knead it into a dough with moderate hardness by hand.

Step 2: Make small balls of similar size, put them in a steamer and steam them in a boiling water pot for 2 minutes. The cage should be padded with wet cloth to prevent sticking.

Step 3: Put 2 parts of cooked black sesame powder, 1 part of white sugar and 1 part of brown sugar into a large bowl and mix them evenly.

Step 4, after turning off the fire, open the lid, and take out the mashed embryo and evenly wrap it with a layer of black sesame sugar powder.

second, the glutinous rice chef's machine version of the mash

ingredients: 2 kg of round glutinous rice, 2 grams of black sesame seeds, 1 grams of white sugar or brown sugar.

tools: steamer, chef machine.

Step 1: After elutriating the round glutinous rice, soak it in clear water for 4-6 hours. When the glutinous rice fully absorbs water and looks plump, use your fingers to slightly crush it.

Step 2: Drain the soaked glutinous rice, and pour it into a steamer for steaming. It's the same with a stainless pot steamer. Wet the clean drawer cloth with water first, spread it in the steamer, then pour in the soaked glutinous rice, steam it on the pot, steam it on medium heat for 3 minutes. Steamed glutinous rice is best when the rice grains are crushed with fingers and feel soft but slightly elastic.

Step 3, stir-fry sesame seeds: put black sesame seeds in a fine mesh basket, wash the dust with clear water, control the water to dry, and pour into a wok. Stir-fry slowly with low fire until the water is dry. The black sesame seeds gradually turn gray-black, and the particles become full and fragrant. With the crackling sound, the black sesame seeds are basically cooked, and you can easily crush them with your fingers and turn off the fire.

step 4: pour a small amount of fried and air-cooled black sesame seeds into a grinding bowl and grind them into fine powder, with the thickness depending on your preference. Add white sugar or brown sugar (powdery) to the ground sesame powder and mix well, and sesame sugar powder is ready.

step 5, pour the steamed glutinous rice into the chef's bucket while it is hot, first beat it in the second gear for about 2 seconds, and then turn to the fourth gear for about 1 minute until it is delicate and vigorous. The specific beating time depends on the adjustment of the delicacy of the glutinous rice balls.

Step 6: Tear it into small balls, rub it round, roll it in black sesame sugar powder for a few times, stick as much black sesame sugar powder as possible, and enlarge it into a bowl. If you don't eat it at that time, cover it with a layer of black sesame sugar powder. After that, when you want to eat, you can steam it in a steamer and eat it hot, or you can fry it in a frying pan and eat it soft, all of which are sweet and soft.

the origin of mashi

glutinous rice is called mashi, and late rice is called rice cake. It is a folk custom in Xinchang to make sesame cakes on Qingming and rice cakes on New Year's Day. In the past, there was a habit of dividing sesame cakes when sweeping the tomb of the Great Duke in Qingming Festival. It is the turn of the sacrificial master to make preparations in advance, and divide the hemp on the spot in front of the grave.

This is the reason why the folk saying, "Take the numbness in the Qingming Festival, and everyone sees the numbness in the head". Xinchang county records: "there are many grave-sweepers in the clan's Taigong grave. After the meal, they will be divided into baked meat and mashed meat." After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it is rare to divide the hemp in Qingming Festival, but it is more common to make hemp in Tomb-Sweeping Day. But its meaning is not just to sweep the grave.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Mazi