The temptation of color five color glutinous rice

The temptation of color five color glutinous rice

Introduction:

"Five color glutinous rice, commonly known as five color rice, also known as black rice, green rice or flower rice, is named for its five colors of black, red, yellow, purple and white. Every family of Zhuang people like to cook five color glutinous rice on traditional folk festivals such as Qingming Festival, March 3 and April 8 of the lunar calendar, Niuwang Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. This custom has been followed for a long time. According to the book of pictures of Wuyuan County in the Qing Dynasty, "on March 3, the rice was dyed black with maple leaf juice, that is, the green rice." It is said that Wei tegui, a strong man with outstanding intelligence, was a minister under the local emperor. In order to relieve the suffering of the common people, he invited the local emperor to visit Zhuang village in person, and used a plan to exempt the emperor from the imperial grain. The Tu emperor later found out that he had been deceived and regarded te GUI as a thorn in his side, and ordered him to be arrested. Hearing this, Zhuang people sent tegui to hide in the mountains. If the soldiers could not catch them, they set fire to the mountain. That day was the third day of the third lunar month. After the soldiers left, the villagers found te GUI's body in a big maple hole and buried him beside the maple tree with tears in his eyes. On the third of March every year, the Zhuang people used maple leaves and other plant juices to dye the glutinous rice into red, yellow, purple, black and other colors. After steaming, they took it to the mountain for sacrifice. There is another interesting legend about the origin of five color glutinous rice. In ancient times, there was a young man named tenon in Zhuang village. His father had already died, and he only depended on his mother who was paralyzed in bed. Tenon was very filial to his mother. He was afraid that his mother would be bored at home alone. Sometimes he went to the mountains to cut firewood or to plant rice seedlings with his mother on his back. And every time he brought a big bag of mother's favorite glutinous rice on his side, so that his mother could eat whenever she was hungry. This action of mother and son was noticed by a monkey on the mountain. Once, while tenon was cutting firewood on the other side of the mountain, the monkey sneaked up to his mother and snatched away a big bag of steaming glutinous rice. The mother couldn't move, so she could only watch the monkey snatch the glutinous rice. This happened several times in a row, and Vernon was a little helpless. Looking at his hungry mother, tenon grabs the maple leaf beside him, thinking about how not to let the monkey steal the glutinous rice? All of a sudden, tenon found that his hand pinching the maple leaf was dyed black. He immediately cut the maple leaf on the tree home, mashed it up and soaked it in water to get the black liquid, and then soaked the glutinous rice in the black liquid. The next day, the black glutinous rice was picked up for cooking, and a fragrance filled the whole house. Mother cried in the room, what is so fragrant! Tenon said excitedly, Dabao (Zhuang language, mother), this is black glutinous rice. How fragrant and sweet it is! This day is the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. Early in the morning, tenon took his mother to the mountain to cut firewood. He wrapped black glutinous rice in banana leaves and deliberately showed a little black color. The monkey saw such a large mass of black things, thought that tenon was using some poison to lure it, and did not dare to touch it, so he ran away. On this day, tenon ate black glutinous rice. He didn't feel dry or tired. On the contrary, he felt that he was full of strength and got more firewood. From then on, tenon and his mother went up to the mountain to cut firewood. They both took black glutinous rice with them, and there was no need to worry about the monkeys taking away the glutinous rice. Later, the Zhuang family learned how to make black glutinous rice. Later, they gradually made yellow, red and purple glutinous rice with Yellow Gardenia and red bluegrass, which gradually evolved into today's five color glutinous rice. It has become one of Zhuang family's favorite flavor food. Making five color glutinous rice is more skillful. Black glutinous rice, that is, the skin of maple leaf and its tender stem is mashed in the mortar. After a little air drying, it is immersed in a certain amount of water. After soaking for one day and one night, the leaf residue is fished out and filtered to obtain black dye solution. The black dye juice should be put into a pot and boiled to 50 or 60 degrees, then the glutinous rice should be immersed in it. Yellow dye can be extracted from the fruits and tubers of Huanghua juice, huangzhizi, huangqiang and other plants. Boil the yellow flower juice, or mash the gardenia and soak it in water to get the yellow dye solution. You can also mash the Yellow Qiang and mix it with the glutinous rice to get the Yellow glutinous rice. The same dye is indigo and the same dye is magenta. The leaves are longer and darker, the color is thicker when boiled, and the rice becomes purple when soaked; the leaves are round and lighter when boiled, and the rice becomes bright red when soaked. After extracting four kinds of liquid juice, put different amount of rice into it to soak. After coloring, put it into the steamer to steam for about an hour. Then five colors of glutinous rice, black, red, yellow, purple and white, can be steamed. The five color glutinous rice made in this way is bright, colorful, crystal clear, with its moistening, soft, delicious, mellow and mild, and slightly sweet. It's really delicious. The five color glutinous rice dyed with natural plants is not only beautiful and delicious, but also has certain medicinal value. Red orchid grass has the function of generating blood. In lvshantang Lei Bian of Qing Dynasty, it said: "safflower is red and juicy, which is the product of generating blood and promoting blood circulation", "yellow flower rice" or Gardenia jasminoides Ellis has the function of clearing heat and cooling blood. Li Shizhen said in compendium of Materia Medica that maple leaf "can stop catharsis and help sleep, strengthen tendons and strength, and take it lightly for a long time". He also said that the Qingjing rice cooked with maple leaf can "strengthen muscles and bones, benefit intestines and stomach, and can do and nourish the body" "Pith". -------------The above text is from the Internet. On May 1 this year, I went back to my hometown and took some yellow flowers and two kinds of red and blue grass back to Guangzhou. I wanted to find maple leaves, but I didn't know where to find them. So I only made four kinds of pure colors. Originally, I wanted to use Guyuan paste made by my sister to make black bubbles, but the results were not good. Later, I used black beans to boil bubbles, but the color was not pure. They turned gray and steamed brown. So I cooked purple amaranth that night. Meihong's juice was very good-looking, so I soaked some glutinous rice, and the color was also very good-looking. So I used Meihong's purple amaranth juice to replace the black one. But I found that the steamed color of the cooked purple amaranth juice became very shallow, and I regretted using Meihong. So I think purple amaranth and maple leaf should be the same, first juiced and then steamed, then the color is good-looking. It's a pity that we can't get all the colors together this time. The dye is too hard to find. "

Production steps:

Materials required:

Glutinous rice: right amount

Red and blue grass (red): moderate amount

Dried yellow flower (yellow): moderate amount

Amaranth (plum red): moderate amount

Glutinous rice primary color (white): moderate

Black bean juice (black): moderate

matters needing attention:

Production difficulty: simple

Process: steaming

Production time: one day

Taste: Original