Yuqian Cornmeal Hair Cake

Name: Yuqian Cornmeal Hair Cake
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 30g Elm money; 100g Flour; 50g Cornmeal; 2 pcs Red dates; 2g Baking powder; 100g Plain Water

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4.7 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

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Serving

In March of Yangchun, the elm trees also appeared green. From a distance, you can see the new green on the branches. When you come closer, you can see that the golden and light green elm money is full of branches, swaying in the spring breeze. , I took a bunch of elm money, flicked it with my fingers, rinsed it with water, and put it in my mouth. With its smooth texture and delicate fragrance, spring came into our lives like this.
The elm money is the samara of the elm tree. It is named because it is round and thin like a coin, and because it is a homonym for "remaining money", there is a saying that there is "remaining money" after eating elm money. Yuqian is rich in nutrients, not only delicious, but also preventive and health care. It has the functions of invigorating the spleen and soothe the nerves, clearing the heart and reducing fire, relieving cough and phlegm, clearing heat and diuresis, killing insects and reducing swelling.

Ingredients

Yuqian Cornmeal Hair Cake

1. Preparation materials: ordinary flour, cornmeal (I used fine cornmeal), red dates, baking powder, elm money

2. Mix the baking powder and water and let stand for a few minutes

3. Pour flour, cornmeal and elm money into a basin

4. Stir them evenly with chopsticks

5. Slowly pour the baking powder and water into the basin, stirring constantly with chopsticks

6. Finally knead it into a softer dough

7. I used a cake mold to fill the dough. I put a brush in the mold with cooking oil and brushed it around, and then put the dough in the mold

8. After putting the dough into the mold, press it flat with your hands and leave it in a warm place to ferment

9. Wash the red dates, remove the pit, and cut into small pieces for later use

10. The dried dough is bigger than the original, because it contains cornmeal and elm money, it does not ferment as well as ordinary flour. Sprinkle the red dates on the dough and press it slightly with your hands

11. Put it in a pot of boiling water and steam for 25 minutes, then take it out, let it cool and you can eat it

12. The steamed rice cake has a rich jujube fragrance, a bite, and a faint fragrance of elm money

13. The sweetness of red dates, the fragrance of elm money, the rough taste of cornmeal, wow, this is the taste I want to eat

Tips:
1. Wash yuqian before eating.
2. The dough should be fermented and then steamed in the pot.
3. Those who don't like to eat cornmeal can replace the cornmeal in the recipe with flour or other coarse grains.
4. In order to facilitate demoulding, before putting the dough into the mould for fermentation, you can use a brush to dip some cooking oil and apply it in the mould.
5. If there is no mold, other small discs and other high temperature resistant containers can also be used.