The practice of Tujia potato Baba

Potato Baba, an old variety of potato in Kyle, is made by hand after peeling, cleaning, chopping, pulping, filtering and fermentation.

Step 1: Scrape the skin.

The first step takes the most time, because the potato Baba is delicious only if the skin of the potato is scraped clean. For many rural children, scraping potatoes is a must-do activity every day, and it may also be a childhood memory of many people. For Bian Xiao, the memory of scraping potatoes as a child is still vivid!

Step 2: Wash.

There will still be some dirt on the freshly scraped potatoes, which needs to be washed with clean water, so that there will be no impurity pollution in the subsequent production process.

Step 3: Grinding.

When I was a child, it was slowly pushed out by a stone mill. In my memory, there are always cases where my father pushes the mill and my mother feeds. Nowadays, more grinders are used to grind pulp, which saves manpower faster, but it lacks the taste of childhood. Maybe I miss my childhood! Before beating, you can chop up the larger potatoes, which will speed up the beating and avoid the machine jam.

Step 4: Filter.

Filter the ground potato pulp with a bag (that is, a juice bag made of gauze) to remove water, separate potato residue from water, and then put the filtered water into a basin 1 hour. The white material precipitated at the bottom of the basin is the essence of potato-potato powder. And potato residue is the raw material we use to make potato Baba. This step is the same as the step of filtering potato powder. Don't waste the filtered potato powder, you can eat it after drying it, or you can fry it directly.

stir

Mix the filtered potato pulp and a little flour with baking powder, and let it stand overnight for natural fermentation. The reason why potato flour is not added here is because if potato flour is added, the steamed potato Baba may have a "white heart", that is, potato flour will be mixed in the middle of potato Baba, which will affect the taste. Adding flour for fermentation is to make potato Baba more fluffy. Remember to add sugar when stirring, so that the potato Baba will be sweeter and more delicious.

Step 6: Make potato Baba.

You can add your favorite stuffing to potato Baba according to your personal preference, or you can make potato Baba directly without stuffing. Personally, I prefer to eat potato Baba without stuffing.

Step 7: Steaming Baba

Put the cooked potatoes in a steamer and you can eat them. If the steamed potato Baba is not finished, we can put it on the firewood for the next meal, and of course we can also scorch the skin in the oven, so that the baked potato Baba will give off the smell of potatoes!