Chapter 116 Mango Glutinous Rice Balls
Wen Zhenyi planned to change to a different kind of herbal tea in the afternoon, and also sell some lemon honey water, as well as an iced fruit platter.
Wen Zhenyi chose mint tea for today's herbal tea. Put mint and licorice in a pot and boil for less than a cup of tea. Add appropriate amount of white sugar, stir evenly, and remove the residue.
It is a very convenient summer drink that can dispel wind and heat.
Given how hot the herbal tea was yesterday, she made a lot more today and put it in a large bucket to cool down, so that customers who needed it could add ice later.
Guests who don’t need it can just drink it directly.
Shen Hanxing brought in the dried jars: "Sister Wen, where should I put the jars for you?"
Wen Zhenyi pointed to the workbench: "Just put it on the workbench for me. I'll pickle the lemon and passion fruit later."
"Do you need help?"
"Okay, I'll tell you how to do it later." Wen Zhen cut the lemon slices in his hand.
Ma Yinghe cut the passion fruit and dug out the flesh.
Wen Zhen began to teach Shen Hanxing: "First, we pour a layer of honey at the bottom, then we put the lemon slices on top, add passion fruit, and then add another layer of honey."
“Are they all stacked together like this?”
“Well, it’s all added up like this.”
Wen Chengwen sent the blacksmith and his son and Shen Xiucai away. The two of them helped pick lemon seeds. It was indeed a bit difficult for two grown men to do such delicate work.
Fortunately, both of them are quite patient, so it doesn’t feel boring at all.
The honey that Cheng Lesheng brought earlier was used to pickle two jars of passion fruit lemon honey, and the remaining small amount was made into today's fruit herbal tea by Wen Zhenyi.
Shen Xiucai looked at the lemons and passion fruits that were still there and said, "There are still quite a few left. What should we do?"
"It's okay. The lemons can be sliced and dried. Then they can be made into hot drinks."
Ma Yinghe looked at the bayberries and lychees and asked, "Yiyi, what about the rest?"
There are so many ways to cook bayberry, such as bayberry wine, rock sugar bayberry, bayberry sauce, and iced bayberry juice.
Wen Zhenyi took a look at the condition of the bayberries. They were all ripe, and many of them were crushed because they were not carefully transported.
"Mom, please separate the good bayberries from the bad ones so I can see how many there are."
"good."
Wen Zhenyi also picked out the mangoes, put the unripe ones aside, picked out the ripe ones, peeled them and left the flesh.
She planned to make a mango sticky rice ball, which was a small dessert and something she could make now.
There is a stone mill in the kitchen, so I can make some coconut flakes.
Wen Zhenyi asked Wen Chengwen to help grind the coconut meat on a stone mill, then filter out the coconut milk with gauze and fry the coconut residue over low heat to get a very fragrant coconut flakes.
Shen Xiucai was not idle either. He helped Wen Zhen pound the mangoes into mango juice, filtered out the residue, and left only the mangoes.
Shen Hanxing assisted her on the side.
Wen Zhenyi took out the glutinous rice flour, added some cornstarch and sugar and mixed them evenly, then added some sesame oil, and then added the filtered mango juice, stirring slowly while adding.
When the flour is no longer granular, put it in the steamer and steam it for a quarter of an hour. Stir it from time to time to ensure that it is heated evenly.
After a quarter of an hour, take it out and let it cool aside.
While glutinous rice is being steamed, Wen Zhen puts a handful of coconut shreds in a pot and stir-fries them slowly over low heat until they turn slightly yellow.
Shen Xiucai looked at the shredded coconut and said, "It smells really good when fried."
Wen Zhenyi smiled and said, “Grandpa Shen, do you want to try it?”
"No, no, I'll wait and eat the delicious food you cook later."
Wen Zhenyi put the coconut flakes aside and started making mango glutinous rice balls.
In addition to the juicy mangoes, Wen Zhenyi also cut some mango cubes and kept them aside.
She dipped her hands in well water, took a small piece of glutinous rice, flattened it, wrapped a piece of mango inside, closed the opening, and rolled it in coconut flakes so that the glutinous rice was covered with coconut flakes.
Shen Xiucai looked at the small dumpling in her hand. It had a light yellow dough and was covered with shredded coconut. Just by looking at it, he could feel its temptation.
Wen Zhenyi gave the first one he made to Shen Xiucai: "Grandpa Shen, please help me taste it."
"Then I won't be polite." Shen Xiucai said as he reached out to take the mango glutinous rice cake from her hand.
Chen Hanxing watched his grandfather eat with an intoxicated look on his face. He took three bites to finish the glutinous rice cake, which was not very big to begin with.
Wen Chengwen looked at him curiously: "Master, is it delicious?"
Shen Xiucai licked the coconut flakes on the corner of his lips with his tongue, "Delicious."
Wen Zhenyi also gave one to each of the other people: "This is glutinous food, don't eat too much."
After she said this, Shen Xiucai, who was planning to eat a few more, put his mind at ease.
Wen Zhenyi saw that there were quite a few crushed bayberries, and he knew they would be gone if he didn't deal with them today.
She squeezed the juice from the lemon, poured it into the bayberry, added rock sugar, stirred it evenly, and marinated it for half an hour.
When the time is up, she pours the pickled bayberries into the pot and adds hawthorn slices, schisandra chinensis, rock sugar and well water.
Bring to a boil over high heat. While boiling, squeeze the bayberries to extract the juice.
Boil it for the time it takes to brew two cups of tea, filter out the fruit residue, and leave the bayberry juice.
"Is this enough?" Ma Yinghe and the others looked at the red pot of soup.
"Alright, chill it or add ice."
Wen Chengwen checked the time. They were so busy that it was already past noon. "Yi Yi, I'm going to open the shop."
"good."
Mr. Shen also straightened his clothes and prepared to go to the hall to help.
Chen Hanxing watched her make a lot of fresh food during lunch time and said, "Sister Wen, how many delicious foods do you have in your head?"
"That's hard to say. Every ingredient can have a thousand variations. It just depends on how you cook it."
Shen Hanxing sat next to her: "What do you mean?"
"Take bayberry for example. It can be used to make sour plum juice, rock sugar bayberry, or even bayberry wine. Each one has its own unique flavor."
"Can you also make bayberry wine?"
“Well, the ones I just selected are for making bayberry wine. After I finish my work in the store, I plan to make some bayberry wine and bring a jar back to Grandpa Shen.”
"If he heard this, he would be so happy."
"Isn't it a good thing that he's happy?"
"Good thing."
The two of them hadn't spoken for long when Ma Yinghe's voice came over: "One by one, one portion of iced mint tea, one portion at room temperature, one portion of bayberry juice, one portion of mango glutinous rice cake, three portions of lemon honey, and two portions of lemon passion fruit honey."
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