Where is the food of Mugwort Ba Ba?

Mugwort Po Po, also called green dumplings, is a traditional folk snack in Guangdong, Guangxi and parts of Hunan and Guizhou, as well as a food to be eaten at the Ching Ming and Cold Food Festivals.

In ancient China, during the Cold Food Festival, people usually ate cold food instead of cooking over a fire. Cold food is made in advance without heating, and one of them is mugwort poop, which is made with a kind of mugwort that is only available around the time of Ching Ming Festival. The juice of mugwort is mixed into the proportion of glutinous rice (or sticky rice or flour), kneaded by hand, and then wrapped with different fillings according to the preference of each person to be steamed and made.

In China, many places have similar food and pastries, and the production method is similar to that of mugwort poi, which is made from glutinous rice or sticky rice around the time of the Qingming Festival. In Guangdong and Taiwan Hakka region called "Ai met", Jiangxi Hakka region called "Ai rice fruit", in the southern Fujian and Chaoshan region called "Ai kuey teow", while the Guangfu region is often called "Ai cake".

Mugwort poi tastes sweet and sweet, soft and delicious, with the aroma of mugwort leaves. The exterior is dark green, and the filling inside is bean paste, which enters the mouth with a light fragrance of mugwort leaves.