Cornmeal Alfalfa Pastry

Name: Cornmeal Alfalfa Pastry
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 180g Cornmeal; 50g Flour; 100g Alfalfa; Some oil; Some salt; 4g yeast; 30g warm water; 140g boiling water

by Meimeijia's Kitchen

4.6 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

15m

Serving

3

The topic of calcium supplementation has always been a hot topic for a long time. Whether it is the elderly or children at home, mothers-to-be, or middle-aged people, calcium supplementation is very much needed.
Spring is the golden season for children to grow up. At this time, eat more calcium-rich foods, and the children will grow taller!
The time of sun exposure in winter is obviously shorter than that in summer, and there is less time for outdoor activities, which is easy to cause the lack of calcium in the body. After a long winter, the body's demand for calcium is also more urgent. This season, not only the elderly and children need calcium supplementation, but adults also need it.
Calcium deficiency in adults can easily cause back pain, joint pain, insomnia, skin aging, and cramps. In addition, if you have insomnia or wake up suddenly during sleep, you may need calcium supplements.

Today’s calcium-supplementing food, the main ingredient is a spring weed called alfalfa, alfalfa is a very homely ingredient in the Jiangnan region. Shanghainese call it "caotou", and the more famous methods are "wine vanilla head" and "caotou circle"; Jiangsu people call it "golden cauliflower", the more famous method is "river clam meat fried golden cauliflower", Suzhou also has pickled The tradition of golden cauliflower; Zhejiang people call it "grass seed", and the more famous methods are "grass seed rice cake", "grass seed fragrant dried" and so on.

Alfalfa is refreshing and appetizing, but do you know that alfalfa also contains a lot of calcium? Alfalfa is also the fresh vegetable with the highest calcium content. 100 grams of alfalfa contains 713 mg of calcium! You know, 100 ml of milk only contains about 100 mg of calcium, and ordinary vegetables only Contains a very small amount of calcium. Alfalfa contains so much calcium, does it surprise all the friends?
Don't miss such a good wild vegetable in spring. Today, Meimei will introduce you a delicious healthy coarse grain-cornmeal and alfalfa nests, soft and refreshing, better than steamed buns!

Ingredients

180g Cornmeal
50g Flour
100g Alfalfa
Some Oil
Some Salt
4g Yeast
30g Warm Water
140g Boiling Water

Cornmeal Alfalfa Pastry

1. All the ingredients are ready.

2. Alfalfa leaves remove the yellowed leaves and wash them.

3. Add 30 grams of warm water to the yeast powder and mix well.

4. Pour 140 grams of boiled water into the corn flour, mix it with chopsticks to form a flocculent shape, and then rub it with your hands to form even fine particles.

5. After letting cool for a while, pour the yeast powder, water and salt into the powder.

6. The washed alfalfa is blanched in a pot of boiling water.

7. Take it out, soak it in clean water, take it out, wring out the water, and chop slightly.

8. The chopped alfalfa leaves are added to the cornmeal together with the flour.

9. First mix well with chopsticks, then knead the dough with your hands and leave it in a warm place to ferment for half an hour. Because the amount of flour is relatively small, the dough will not rise too much, but the inside of the dough will become very fluffy after it has been made.

10. Heat the pan, pour a little oil, divide the dough into small doses, knead it round and flatten it, put it in a non-stick pan and reduce it to solidification.

11. Turn it over and fry both sides until slightly browned.

Tips:
Don't put too much flour, cover it with plastic wrap and place it in a warm place when fermenting. You don't need to ferment too much. You can pull a dough with your hands until it becomes fluffy. When frying, you can cover the lid to speed up the ripening speed. The shorter the time, the more fluffy the cake.