The rice cakes are fragrant and delicious, so it is always a favorite dish of many people. – 200g of rice flour – 50g cornstarch – 30g flour – teaspoon of salt – 550ml of filtered water – 600ml chicken broth – 1 tablespoon of cooking oil
Materials for making human: – 300g ground pork (both fat and lean) – 100g of purple onion – 30g dried shiitake mushrooms – 30g wood ear fungus (mushroom) * Spices: Salt, ground pepper, cooking oil, monosodium glutamate … For the leaf wrapping we will use banana leaves. Wash the banana leaves, then pour in boiling water for about 3 minutes. Then take it out and wash it well, cut it into a square size of about 1 glove. Making cake dough
Pour all the prepared cake dough into the bowl, mix well with ½ teaspoon of salt. Then, continue to add 550ml of filtered water, stir well.
After stirring, you let the dough rest for about 3 hours, thus, the new dough is fragrant and has a slightly sour taste, after steaming it will be more delicious.
Meat filling
Shiitake mushrooms and wood ear fungus are soaked in warm water for 30 minutes to soften, then chopped.
Onions peeled, chopped.
Place the pan on the stove, heat a little oil and fry the chopped shallots. When you see yellow purple onions, you continue to add wood ear fungus, shiitake mushrooms, and stir fry, season with 1 teaspoon of MSG, 1 teaspoon of salt, ½ teaspoon of ground pepper for flavor. When the mixture is done, turn off the heat and let it cool. Put ground meat in a pan of mushrooms, wood ear fungus, purple onion just made, mix well.
Stir the dough with the chicken broth
After 3 hours, boil 600ml of chicken broth and slowly pour in the flour above, while stirring constantly to prevent the dough from clumping.
When you see the paste, the plastic does not clump, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, stir well and lower the heat to keep warm.
Package of cake
Use 2 banana leaves placed on each other so that the veins of the two leaves are perpendicular. Take a little cooking oil and rub all over the face of the upper banana leaf, in that case, the cake after steaming will not stick to the leaves.
Continue to fold the banana leaves in the shape of a funnel.
Hold the leaf in your hand and slowly add the dough. Note using a spoon to scatter the cake dough so that they are evenly attached to the leaf. Then, add the filling and add a layer of dough to the top to cover the filling.
Use your hands to squeeze the folds of leaves in, then tie them firmly with the cotton wool. Put the cake in the tray, steam it over medium heat for about 30 minutes.
Hot spring rolls can be served with chili sauce, silk rolls, … to increase the flavor. If the cake is finished, if not used, let it cool, you should put it in the refrigerator for storage, when you want to eat, just steam it. Note, the cake should only be left in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. Attention: You should use pork bone broth or chicken to cook dough, that way, the new crust is delicious and rich. When cooking the dough, you should stir well with low heat so that the dough is soft, smooth, not bottle, burnt or lumpy. PV (St)

Video: Nghe An fishermen excitedly earn hundreds of millions each trip from ‘freshly boiled’ squid on the boat After long days of reaching the sea, dozens of large-capacity boats of Quynh Luu fishermen are happy to return because they won large batch of ink. To ensure freshness, squid is steamed right on the boat, so it has high economic value, helping fishermen earn hundreds of million VND per trip. As soon as the ship was on the way to the port, traders left early to wait for the purchase. At 1:00 am, Lach Quen fishing port – one of the largest fishing ports in Nghe An, is crowded with buyers and sellers. Boats also docked in tandem. The joy of working when the boat comes back makes the atmosphere here more exciting. According to the fishermen’s share, on this occasion, although the catch is not too much, the boiled squid product has high economic value, so many boat owners are excited because of profit. The price of squid ranges from 100,000 VND – 140,000 VND / 1 kg depending on different sizes. In general, with small squid (45-50 fish / 1 kg), it costs 100,000 – 110,000 VND, medium-sized squid (30-35 fish / 1 kg) costs 140,000 VND, and larger squid, the price fluctuates up to 160,000 VND / 1 kg. Fisherman Pham Duy Hung in Quynh Thuan commune said: “Thanks to goodness, my boat caught more than 600 kg of boiled squid, not to mention tons of other seafood such as shrimp and other fish still on the boat. My boat sold at the port at the price of 110,000 VND / kg, was more than 60 million VND, the price was good, so the brothers were more excited and motivated. ”Trading at the port area. In just over 1 hour, squid, fish. Shrimp are sold to small traders for the market. Ms. Dinh Thu Hong (Quynh Tien commune) said: “I am a housewife so I pay attention to how to choose and recognize delicious watered seafood. Ready-to-hold steamed squid feels firm, dry and with blotchy film still on the skin is fresh and delicious. ” Steamed squid is available so it’s easy to process, can be re-steamed with soy sauce, sweet and sour roasted, fried with chili lemongrass. It is known that this occasion is the season of squid fishing for fishermen, so after selling all seafood, fishermen are busy preparing raw materials and necessities to go offshore.

Ms. Thuy in Hoang Mai, Hanoi – a small trader selling ant eggs on her personal facebook-said: “Every day in addition to all kinds of worm cake, cassava cakes in the highlands, I also sell about 300 more interesting egg tarts. called as muffin cake. These are the cakes made by their parents and children in Cao Bang. Therefore, the cake is very delicious and typical of the Cao Bang people ”. This trader said that the ants egg cake is not available for sale all year round, although it is very expensive. Ant eggs are usually available in the 2-3 months of lunar month every year This special cake is considered the specialty of the Tay people in Cao Bang, Bac Kan. The main ingredient of the cake is the ant eggs. Because of this dependence on this special ingredient, it is only possible to make cakes from the beginning of April to the end of May of the solar calendar year, equivalent to from the end of February to the end of the third lunar month. This is the period of strongest growth of the forest black ants. Ms. Thuy revealed, as the name of the cake, the main ingredient to make the ant’s egg cake is the young egg of the ant. The cake is made of glutinous rice flour, filled with ant eggs, wrapped with young leaves of the fig tree. In addition to simple ingredients, the process of making ant eggs is not too fussy. Young ant eggs are the size of rice grains, milky white from the forest and will be washed, non-fragrant with dried onions. “Many families add some minced pork, crushed roasted peanuts and a few small palanquin leaves mixed with ant eggs and onions. But our family only filled ant eggs with palanquin leaves, did not mix with pork or other ingredients, ensuring delicious cake, traditional Cao Bang ant egg cake “, Ms. Thuy said. So the ant egg cake is only available for 1-2 months The cake crust is wrapped from glutinous rice flour that has been kneaded and thinned. Then, put that piece of glutinous rice powder into a fig leaf, sprinkle the filling on the cake dough, finally put the next piece of fig leaf on the surface of the cake. The cake is steamed for about 45 to 50 minutes in a water bath. When eating ant eggs, people peel the fig leaves (honey-leaf leaves) wrapped outside if the cake has 2 layers of leaves. If the cake has a layer of leaves, you can always eat this leaf. Buying cakes just need to preserve the refrigerator, when eating and steaming, there are instant cakes. “This type of cake can be eaten hot or cold depending on the taste because you can feel its own delicious taste every way. In addition to the soft taste of sticky rice, the soft taste of fig leaves, diners also feel the fatty taste of the cake made from ant eggs “, Thuy shared. The typical ethnic cake in Bac Kan and Cao Bang is being sold by Ms. Thuy for 60,000 VND / 5 cakes, 120,000 VND / 10 cakes. Packed with young fig leaves, when eaten can eat the whole leaf wrapped cake “Customers who order egg ants are mainly from the city because of their exotic and delicious cakes. If they eat less, they deposit 10 to try them. Eat more, they buy a few stakes to eat gradually. Sales but I still recommend, women who are allergic to pupae, bees should consider before eating this kind of cake ”, Ms. Thuy noted. As a person who has been to Bac Kan many times in May of solar calendar, Mrs. Thu Hoa in La Khe, Ha Dong, Hanoi many times has enjoyed this interesting ant egg cake. This year, because she could not go to Bac Kan, Hoa saw a small trader selling this kind of cake online immediately ordered 3 piles of cakes (10 each) to the whole restaurant. “I eat this kind of cake a lot so I know well, not all ant eggs are selected for baking. Bac Kan people only find big black ants to nest on branches and high cliffs because eggs are usually delicious and clean. Our whole family is addicted to eating this kind of cake, “said Hoa.