Why is the green dough not green when using fresh Qingming grass? It turns out that I haven’t mastered this trick

Overview

Every spring, we pick a large pot of Qingming grass and put the uneaten ones in the refrigerator. If we want to eat Qingming grass, we can make it and eat it at any time. The fragrant Qingming grass is mixed with glutinous rice flour or flour. After taking a bite, we feel like we are embracing nature. Every year when it is the time to eat Qingming grass, we start to think about picking Qingming grass, and the taste buds on the tip of the tongue can't wait to taste it. At the beginning of March, I have been thinking about picking Qingming grass. It rained for several days. When the weather cleared up, our family took the bags and went to the fields to look for our favorite weeds. There were a lot of Qingming grass on the field ridges in previous years, but this year there was no sign of Qingming grass. I walked with my family towards the river and searched several places. Finally I saw Qingming grass and started to pick it. By the way, I picked the tender tips of wormwood. There was also a grass tip that I didn’t know, which tasted similar to wormwood

Tags

• snacks
• qingming
• clear water
• flour
• glutinous rice flour
• qingming grass
• white sugar
• wormwood

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 After picking Qingming grass and wormwood, we first cleaned up the excess weeds. This was the first time we picked this grass, and I had another beautiful memory in my mind, full of happiness.

   

2. 2 Prepare a large pot, pour the cleaned Qingming grass and mugwort, wash it back and forth four times, take it out after cleaning and set aside, pick it up and smell it, a fragrance will hit your nose, then pour the Qingming grass into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, after the water is submerged in the Qingming grass, boil it over high heat, add a little baking soda, take it out and put it in cold water. This is an important step for keeping the green dough green, and this step cannot be omitted.

   

3. 3 Cut the cooked Qingming grass into sections, put it into a soymilk machine and crush it, then pour the prepared glutinous rice flour and flour into a basin, pour the Qingming juice and stir it into a fluffy shape, then add a little cooking oil to form a dough.

   

4. 4 Let the mixed dough rest for 20 minutes, then roll it into a long strip, cut it into evenly sized balls, shape it into a round shape and put it in a basin for later use.

   

5. 5 I made a pound of bean paste some time ago, and after making shortbread, there was still some left over. I rolled 20 small balls here, and then wrapped them in the dough. We picked some leaves outside in advance and used them to cushion the dough, so that the green dough could retain the fragrance as much as possible. Then, apply a layer of cooking oil on the leaves to prevent the green dough from sticking.

   

6. 6 Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot, put it on the steamer, steam for 15 minutes, and the green dumplings are ready.