Wheat kernel beef porridge

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Wheat kernel beef porridge

Introduction to Wheat Kernel Beef Porridge

Wheat kernel beef porridge is the "Laba porridge" of Qinghai people. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, many rural areas in Qinghai hold memorial services and celebrations, and farmers eat wheat kernel porridge, which is called wheat kernel rice in some places.

According to the legend in Qinghai, the 8th day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when Sakyamuni attained enlightenment. Before he attained enlightenment, a shepherdess offered him gruel and made porridge with fragrant grains and fruits. That porridge was wheat kernel porridge, which later became the "Laba porridge" in Qinghai. Based on this practice, later generations created this special delicacy in the diet of Qinghai people, and it also began to become popular in restaurants.

Wheat kernels are made by grinding and peeling the new wheat of the year, or by chiseling ice into a mortar, repeatedly chiseling the outer skin in the ice mortar, and winnowing the wheat kernels. The night before, the wheat kernels are cooked with beef (mutton, pork), and other spices such as green salt, ginger peel, pepper, grass fruit, and fennel are added. The meat, wheat, and spices are cooked into a latex state. The ginger peel and pepper in the spices are dry and can drive away the cold. In Qinghai, due to the high altitude, the temperature difference between day and night is more than 20 degrees. It is particularly cold in the early morning and at night, so something is needed to drive away the cold. This is why pepper is mostly added to the diet in Qinghai.

Wheat kernel porridge looks like a bowl of noodle soup. Some coriander segments are put on the soup. The green coriander segments float on the soup. The soup is very thin, like precipitated starch water. The ginger slices in the porridge are very fresh and orange. Pick up the spoon and drink a spoonful of porridge soup first. After drinking it, it tastes salty, with the fragrance of ginger and wheat kernels. The new wheat taste revived my appetite. The salty feeling stimulated my taste buds and I had the spirit to taste it well. The fragrance of the porridge water plus the smoothness made the taste very good, bringing smoothness and texture. Scoop up the wheat kernels at the bottom of the bowl and taste them slowly, that is, eat them one by one. The cooked wheat kernel porridge looks like cooked Job's tears, white and bright, round and swollen. When bitten on the teeth, the outside is relatively tender, and the inside is tough, with a special texture and toughness. After biting it, you can hear a slight crisp sound. When biting the wheat, the tongue feels the sweetness and natural fragrance of the wheat kernels, and also feels the natural deliciousness of the plateau.

Nowadays, Qinghai wheat kernel porridge (Laba porridge) has become a local snack in Qinghai. It is commonly seen at the roast lamb stalls in Xining Night Market regardless of the season. Tourists visiting Qinghai can try it.