"This is called mugwort glutinous rice cake, a specialty of the Shanghai area, eaten during the Qingming Festival. It can be steamed or fried, but we're going to bake it today."
When Chu Yue introduced it to Ye Zhaodi, she kept her eyes on the mugwort glutinous rice cakes on the grill, turning them over with chopsticks at any time.
The raw materials for mugwort glutinous rice cake are boiled mugwort and glutinous rice flour cooked in boiling water when kneading the dough. These two things are cooked by themselves. The glutinous rice flour is not hard when it is just made and can be eaten directly.
After being left for a while, the glutinous rice flour will become slightly hard, but it will immediately become soft once it is baked over low heat.
So you have to keep a close eye on it to avoid it getting burnt.
After turning it back and forth a few times, the surface of the mugwort glutinous rice cake became slightly crispy, and -
"It's bulging! Sister Yue, look, it's bulging." Ye Zhaodi looked excited, full of curiosity about the unfamiliar things.
Under high temperature, the mugwort glutinous rice cake has a bulge on the surface, like a blown-up balloon.
Chu Yue poked it lightly with chopsticks, and the bulge burst, letting out the hot steam trapped inside.
Not only will mugwort glutinous rice cakes bulge, but rice cakes and ordinary glutinous rice cakes will also bulge when baked.
When it bulges, it means it is done. The baked mugwort glutinous rice cake becomes more fragrant and the aroma is everywhere.
Chu Yue said to Ye Zhaodi, "Zhaodi, bring some brown sugar in a small bowl."
"I'll be there right away."
Ye Zhaodi quickly came back with a small bowl of brown sugar and handed it to Chu Yue.
Chu Yue no longer used chopsticks, but reached out and took the roasted mugwort glutinous rice cake directly, grasping a corner with her fingers and hissing.
"It's hot, so hot... so hot."
His mouth said it was hot and his fingertips trembled slightly, but he didn't put down the mugwort glutinous rice cake.
She grabbed it with both hands and gently pulled it to both sides, and the roasted mugwort glutinous rice cake was stretched like cheese.
For Ye Zhaodi, she didn’t know what cheese was and had never seen food eaten like this. It looked like a stretched sole of a slipper and she found it so magical.
Chu Yue completely tore the mugwort glutinous rice cake apart, turning one piece into two pieces. The middle part that was pulled long was the softest, hottest, and steaming.
Use this part to lightly coat it with brown sugar.
The inside was moist and soft, and the brown sugar stuck to it at once. Because of the high temperature and heat, the brown sugar began to melt quickly, and some of it turned into brown sugar juice.
At this time, take a bite.
Crunchy brown sugar, soft mugwort glutinous rice cake, crispy shell, and sticky brown sugar syrup.
The taste is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a sweet fragrance.
tasty!
Chu Yue nodded heavily. Du Juan’s cooking skills were really good. She had to sigh that the combination of mugwort glutinous rice cake and brown sugar was the perfect combination.
She handed the other half to Ye Zhaodi, "Zhaodi, eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."
If it gets cold, the filling of the mugwort glutinous rice cake will become hard, and the brown sugar will not be able to stick to it. The granulated sugar will also not be able to melt, and the taste will not be as good.
Therefore, mugwort glutinous rice cake should be eaten while it is roasted, so that it can be eaten while it is freshest and hottest.
Ye Zhaodi took the hot mugwort glutinous rice cake and carefully dipped it in brown sugar.
Chu Yue immediately reminded, "It's too little, add a little more."
She held Ye Zhaodi's hand and touched the brown sugar heavily. Most of the mugwort glutinous rice cake was covered with brown sugar, and some brown sugar grains fell off.
Ye Zhaodi caught the brown sugar with her other hand out of concern to prevent it from falling to the ground.
She took a big bite, and the mugwort glutinous rice cake steamed in her mouth.
“Hoohoo… It’s so hot… Hoohoo…”
I kept shouting that it was too hot, but I couldn't bear to spit it out. I used my tongue to stir it to dissipate the heat and ate it quickly.
Ye Zhaodi was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses.
She took the mugwort glutinous rice cake, and with seven parts of surprise and three parts of doubt, she took another bite.
"Sister Yue, this thing called mugwort glutinous rice cake is so delicious! It's even better than cream cake!"
The cream cake is also sweet, but the cream is soft and the cake is fluffy, so it doesn’t have much texture when eaten, and it’s nowhere near as solid as the mugwort glutinous rice cake.
As expected, as a Chinese, I prefer Chinese desserts.
Chu Yue showed her playful side and licked the brown sugar on her fingers. "If it tastes good, eat more. There are five or six pieces left. Let's eat them all as afternoon tea. There will be new ones tomorrow, and we will sell them then."
"Sister Yue, I'll bake it and you can just eat it."
Ye Zhaodi took the chopsticks from Chu Yue's hand, picked up the mugwort glutinous rice cake and turned it over on the grill.
The aroma of mugwort glutinous rice cakes wafted around, filling the entire street. Many people stretched their heads out to look, and when they saw Chu Yue and Ye Zhaodi eating the delicious food, they began to drool frantically.
At this time, Liu Jinfeng came over.
Liu Jinfeng was angry with Chu Yue because of the shirt selling incident, but they did not have a quarrel or fall out with each other. Liu Jinfeng was a smooth and worldly-wise person, so she just kept the grudge in her heart and definitely did not distance herself from Chu Yue on the surface.
She just looked at the surrounding shops and walked past them happily alone.
"Big sister, are you getting something to eat?" Liu Jinfeng greeted Chu Yue with a flattering smile, "It smells so good! The whole street is filled with the fragrance of your house. What is this? Let me have a taste."
Liu Jinfeng was so shameless that she opened her mouth and asked for food without any hesitation.
Ye Zhaodi was fooled by Liu Jinfeng last time, and she particularly disliked her.
She was afraid that Chu Yue would be embarrassed to refuse, so she simply said loudly, "Aunt Liu, these are the things that our store sells for money. If you want to eat them, just spend money to buy them."
"Hey! I just want to have a bite to see how it tastes, why do you want money? The potatoes you gave me before were free and people could eat as much as they wanted." Liu Jinfeng said in an exaggerated manner, making faces.
Ye Zhaodi retorted, "First, the potatoes are not for casual eating. They are for customers to taste and savor the chili powder. Second, this is a new thing from Shanghai, not potatoes that can be found everywhere. If you want to eat it, you have to pay for it. You run such a big store, can't you afford it?"
Chu Yue stood silently, watching the show at the side, making some dough for the mugwort glutinous rice cakes from time to time. She felt so refreshed listening to Liu Jinfeng being scolded.
She is just a spectator.
Liu Jinfeng was humiliated by Ye Zhaodi. She narrowed her eyes, obviously unhappy, and her smile turned into mockery. "It's just a bite to eat, not dragon meat from heaven. It's not that I can't afford it, it's that I don't want to eat it. It's dirty and rotten like a vegetable leaf. There's no way you can sell it. No one will buy it."
"I'll buy it!"
A loud voice interrupted Liu Jinfeng's sarcastic remarks and slapped her wrinkled old face hard.
Because the person who appeared at this time was Pei Hanchuan.
Pei Hanchuan was no longer wearing a suit and tie like he had done in the previous times. Instead, he was dressed in a casual outfit with a leather jacket. He had an even stronger aura of a cynical playboy, and looked carefree and unrestrained, as if he would hook up with a girl on the street at any time.
But the person he spoke to was Liu Jinfeng.
Pei Hanchuan said disdainfully, "Old woman, please get out of the way. You're blocking my way."
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