The winter solstice is approaching, and as the saying goes: Winter brings Chinese New Year. In the eyes of Dongguan Zhongtang people, the Winter Solstice is more important than the Spring Festival. Every winter solstice, the protagonist is always on the dining table of every household - Xianwan. The idea of reunion is to add meat and vegetables to the glutinous rice balls and eat them as a meal. These salty glutinous rice balls have two major characteristics: first, the soup is fresh and the sweet ingredients are chewy; second, the whole family can enjoy it. 中堂 People call this custom of eating salty glutinous rice balls "eating winter dumplings", and this kind of activity is collectively called "making winter". The salty balls in ml5
Zhongtang are full of water town flavor. After being recommended by a neighbor, the editor came here to try it. We went to a country restaurant in Hetian Village and found Hong Yuxing, a female chef who has been running restaurants for 21 years, to make this water town delicacy for us.
In Zhongtang, every household will make "salty balls" during the Winter Solstice, or you can eat this bowl of authentic delicacies in local restaurants.
The ingredients for making salty balls are not complicated, just glutinous rice flour and water are needed, but to make delicious and chewy salty balls, the production process is very particular. To make salty balls, you first need to add water to mix the powder. The water used for mixing the powder must be 60℃-70℃. The hot water ensures that the dough will not spread and the salty balls will be chewier. For the lady who has been making salty pills by hand for more than 20 years, the secret force used to knead the powder has already come from the heart, and the warmth of the palms of her hands is used to cover these small grains into round shapes.
Zhongtang's "salty balls" not only have "salty balls", but also a wide range of side dishes. A large pot is served, which is extremely rich. The star is the fat and white glutinous rice balls. This hot pot has vegetables and staple food, one bite after another, very satisfying.
Glutinous rice flour dumplings are served with chicken, lean meat, baby cabbage, bacon, white radish, pickles, squid, dried shrimp, garlic sprouts, etc. The ingredients are quite rich, and, in Basically every mother in Zhongtang has a unique opinion on making "salty balls". Every household has its own "secret recipe for salty balls". Although the ingredients are different, they are all for the taste of family reunion during the Winter Solstice.
After processing the meatballs, you can fry the various ingredients first, then add the stock, and then cook the meatballs and various ingredients together. More than a dozen ingredients are carefully cooked to form a pot of delicious waterside cuisine.
The originally simple glutinous rice balls melted into the sweetness of the soup, becoming salty, soft and glutinous, and transformed into the taste of reunion. The winter solstice is coming soon, do you want to eat "salty pills"?
【Written by】Xia Yingyan Zhang Shiting
[Author] Xia Yingyan; Zhang Shiting
[Source] Southern Newspaper Media Group Southern + Client
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