Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse

by twinsliuliu

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Difficulty

Easy

Time

2h

Serving

5

Steaming hedgehogs on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a custom that has been circulating in many places. What is the origin of the hedgehog-shaped bean bags? According to legend, on the eve of the Lantern Festival, there are traditional folk customs such as steamed noodles such as "hedgehog pig yuan treasure", "mouse pull wooden shovel", and "wheat duo". Steamed food is not only dedicated to ancestors, but also placed on the windowsill of each house. Fourteen is steamed and the hedgehog's head is placed outside. On the sixteenth day of the first month, the hedgehog's head is transferred and rushed into the house to indicate that the piggy bank will enter the house. "Zing" and "Zheng" have the same pronunciation, so steaming also means thriving. The folk song sings: "The hedgehog arches the ground, and the good blessings go home; the hedgehog arches the sky, the big gold bricks go home; the hedgehog arches the arches, and the gold and silver go home."

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse

1. Prepare ingredients. Ordinary flour: 800g, yeast: 6g, aluminum-free baking powder: 1g

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

2. Prepare ingredients. Bean paste filling: 450g, some beans, beans are used to make hedgehog mouse eyes, preferably purple or red, larger ones are better, so that the eyes made are energetic. Food coloring: moderate amount

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

3. Pour the yeast and baking powder into the flour, mix well, mix with warm water to form a dough, cover with a moist cloth, and ferment in a warm place. When the dough has risen to 1.5 to 2 times its original size, it can be added. The size of the dose is according to personal preference.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

4. Take a potion, squeeze it, and roll it into a dough. It is required that the center must be thick, and the surroundings must be thin, so that a small bulge is formed in the middle. Because this little drum bag is the back of the little hedgehog, if it is too thin, it will leak the stuffing when cutting the thorns.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

5. Take an appropriate amount of bean paste and place it in the center of the dough. Like a bun, wrap the dough around to the middle.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

6. Finally closed. Place the wrinkled face down on the chopping board and shape it slightly.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

7. Use scissors to cut out the thorns of the little hedgehog. Do not cut the thorns too deep to prevent the cutting from breaking and leaking the stuffing.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

8. Cut it row by row.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

9. Pinch a little tail again.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

10. Take two beans of the same size and firmly fix the beans to the corresponding positions of the eyes.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

11. Cut out the mouth with scissors. A traditional hedgehog mouse is done. Develop your imagination, you can make various sizes and patterns. Put the prepared hedgehog mouse aside, cover it with dry cloth, and carry out the second fermentation.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

12. While waiting for the second fermentation, we must clean the steamer. You might say, is this necessary? A seemingly simple step, in fact, this work is very necessary. The pasta made by liuliu is loved by everyone, and I also hope to share with you some tips for success. Be sure to clean the pot before steaming the pasta. Oil-free and odor-free pots are the environment where the perfect pasta is born.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

13. When the hedgehog mouse after the second fermentation has grown in size and the dough surface is fluffy and fluffy, it can be placed in the pot. It will be cooked in 12 minutes after SAIC. When mature, turn off the heat, wait for 3-5 minutes to open the lid and take it out.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

14. Dip chopsticks with food coloring and decorate the hedgehog mouse according to personal preference.

Lantern Festival Folk Food | Lucky Nafu, Hedgehog, Mouse recipe

Tips:

1. The noodles should be a little harder to make it easier to shape.
2. Rolling dough must be thick in the center and thin in the surrounding so that a small bulge is formed in the middle. Because this little drum bag is the back of the little hedgehog, if it is too thin, it will leak the stuffing when cutting the thorns.
3. If the hedgehog made is relatively large, extend the steaming time appropriately.
4. After turning off the fire, let it cool for 3-5 minutes and then lift the lid to prevent the finished product from collapsing due to rapid cooling.
5. For more delicacies, please follow Sina Weibo @twinsliuliu's fancy delicacies.

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