Lixiawu Rice

Today is Lixia. It has always been a traditional custom for Hangzhou people to eat black rice in Lixia. Old people say that if you eat black rice leaves, mosquitoes will not bite. Speaking of wu rice rice, there is a legend: during the Warring States period, Sun Bin was persecuted and locked in a pig house. The old jailer cooked black glutinous rice with black leaves, then made a pig-dung-like rice ball and gave it to Sun Bin to eat. Not only did Sun Bin survive this method, he was still in good health and eventually escaped from prison. Sun Bin ate wu rice for the first time on the day of Lixia.

In the traditional umami rice, the leaves are washed first, the old branches are removed, and then a handful of tender leaves are placed in the hand, and the leaves are rubbed continuously with both hands until the leaves are rubbed and ooze black juice. The longer you knead, the stronger the juice and the more fragrant the cooked rice. When the leaves are almost rubbed, use gauze to filter out the leaf residue, soak the glutinous rice in the filtered juice for a while, and finally cook it as usual.

Yesterday I bought black leaves at the vegetable farm, and I started to make omni rice. Rubbing the leaves with my hands and struggling to make my hands hurt my hands. Modern small kitchen appliances have solved many problems. Using a food processor to break it can still make delicious black rice! As for the taste, it is still the most delicious with sugar! "