What is mash?

Fermented grains, also known as fermented grains, sweet wine and sour wine. Yi, formerly known as "Yi", is a kind of rice wine and a traditional snack of the Han nationality in the south of the Yangtze River.

Fermented wine (also known as glutinous rice) can relieve summer heat in summer. The main raw material is glutinous rice, which has simple brewing process, sweet and mellow taste and low alcohol content, so it is deeply loved by people. But there are still many people who feel very sour and refuse to eat. In the production of some dishes, glutinous rice wine is often used as an important condiment.

Raw material formula: 5000 grams of top-grade glutinous rice (glutinous rice) and 50 grams of distiller's yeast.

Production method:

1. Wash 5000 grams of glutinous rice with clear water, soak it for 1 hour, then pour it into a dustpan (a bamboo utensil for washing rice and vegetables in the south, which looks like a dustpan in the north) and drain it.

2. Spread gauze in the steamer, pour the drained glutinous rice on it, steam it with high fire for 1 hour, then pour it into the basin, and when the rice temperature is reduced to 20℃-40℃ with an electric fan (the origin of glutinous rice is different, even the latitude and temperature are different according to the types of distiller's yeast), then pour a proper amount of cold boiled water into the basin and stir it evenly by hand. Grind the distiller's yeast into powder, put it in a basin and mix well again.

3. Pour the stirred glutinous rice into the jar, dig a small nest in the middle by hand, and then add a little cold water to the remaining distiller's yeast powder and sprinkle it on the surface of the rice. Then cover the jar tightly with a wooden cover, wrap it with cotton wool, and put it in the grass nest. It will become mash in 3 days.