Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan]

Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan]

Overview

Chaoshan people like to worship gods and make various kinds of rice cakes to worship gods. Different rice cakes are made in different festivals. For example: the father-in-law is a bogeyman, the end of the year to thank the gods is usually a red shell peach, the Lantern Festival chandelier is a fried rice cake, and the Youshen Competition usually has a fat cake, a sweet cake, a fried rice cake, and a shell peach. The mother of grains is Gusui Kueh. On Chinese Valentine's Day, people pay pomegranate cakes, Shuangjialou, and Jiuqu cakes to the bed-mother. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, we make crispy dumplings; during the Winter Festival, we make Caitouyuan (radish cake) and Gonggao (potato cake). Among them, my favorite ones are cabbage balls and common cakes. The top of the cabbage is white radish. At the end of the year, white radish is on the market in large quantities and costs only a few cents per pound. At this time, the cost of making cabbage balls is greatly reduced. There are two types of cabbage noodles: rice noodles and potato noodles, and the methods are the same. I prefer potato starch. It tastes smooth and tender, with a bit of sweetness from cabbage and a good texture. I made this for the Chinese New Year, but I never had time to upload it. I only remembered it when I saw the picture today.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare the white radish.

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 1

  2. Peel and wash the white radish.

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 2

  3. Have all kinds of pots ready.

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 3

  4. Cut the cabbage into small strips. The white radish slowly turned into baskets of shredded white radish. In fact, this is a big project, so be patient.

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 4

  5. Since white radish contains a lot of water, it is easy for water to drip from the bottom, so a basin should be placed under the vegetable basket!

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 5

  6. Wash the peanuts and pound them.

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 6

  7. Remove the juice from the white radish and put it into a large basin. Add peanuts. Add appropriate amount of salt (according to taste)

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 7

  8. Prepare sweet potato flour.

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  9. Pour in the sweet potato starch [about three pounds of cabbage and one pound of potato starch] and an appropriate amount of your favorite condiments in portions. Use your hands to "mix" the white radish, peanuts, salt and potato starch until completely mixed together.

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 9

  10. Add more water to the steamer and start cooking over high heat.

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 10

  11. Get a large steamer and lay it with a cooking cloth. (Since the shape of the cabbage rounds is not fixed, laying the cooking cloth is to prevent some of the cabbage rounds from flowing out of the holes in the steamer, which will make the cabbage rounds look ugly after being cooked.)

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 11

  12. Grab some with your hands and knead into a ball.

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 12

  13. When done, place them separately in the steamer. You can see peanuts dotted on it, isn’t it cute? Soon a dozen "vegetable balls" were ready. In order to avoid the "deformation" of the cabbage balls, they should be placed on the pot and steamed immediately. Of course, there are more than just a few cabbage heads for so many kilograms, because unlike potato cakes, it can be done in one go, so make it more times.

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  14. Place in the steamer and cover with a tight-fitting lid.

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  15. It will be ready in about half an hour. In order to avoid undercooking, you can use small things such as fragrant twigs used for worshiping gods and "poke" the round head of the cabbage. If it is easy to "poke" in and there are no white spots, it will be cooked.

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  16. The hot "Caitouyuan" is out of the pot. The color of the cabbage cake will deepen after being cooked.

    Chaoshan winter solstice New Year delicacies---[caitouyuan] step 16

  17. When the cabbage cake is no longer hot, add some water to your hands and take the cabbage balls into the large plate. Let’s not be idle, the next round of cabbage cakes is ready to be served.

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  18. The last step: put on makeup for the newly baked "Caitouyuan". Add a little bit of rice red ("rice red" is food dye) and a little bit of water, mix well, and use a small stick to put big dots on the head of each cabbage cake. (It can also be a larger one in the middle, surrounded by the other four small dots.) My mother said that this is just for the sake of beauty during worship. In fact, although the beige color is beautiful, it is poisonous. Eating too much is not good for your health.

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  19. During the Winter Solstice and Chinese New Year, we have to make a lot of various kinds of cakes. Although we are busy, it is also fun.

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  20. When guests come, you can cut it into pieces and fry it. Then stick some sauce on it and eat it. It smells so good.

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