Is the hair cake cool water steaming or boiling water steaming

It is recommended to use cool water to steam the hair cake, if you use boiling water to steam the cake, the yeast in the cake will be killed by the high temperature, in this way, the steamed cake will be small and hard, which affects the texture.

The correct way to do this is to add enough cool water to the steamer, boil the water over high heat until the water is hot, then put the fermented cake into the steamer without a lid and continue to boil the water until it boils, then change the heat to medium, cover and continue to cook for 10 minutes or so, so that the cake is fluffy, sweet and tasty.

If you use boiling water to evaporate the cake, the water sends heat too quickly, will affect the combination of flour and water, although this shortens the cooking time of the cake, but the steamed cake will become dehydrated, so that the cake to eat, not only dry and astringent, but also very easy to stick to the teeth, so in the making of the cake, it is best not to use the boiling water to evaporate the cake.

Hair cake is made of glutinous rice as the main material into the traditional food, this is a kind of popular cake food, widely distributed in the south and the north of most areas, hair cake taste fragrant, nutritious, suitable for the elderly and children to eat.

In Yueyang, Huizhou and other regions of the hair cake has its own characteristics, the ingredients carefully, the finished product color white as jade, smells fresh and fragrant, when not greasy, glutinous and not sticky, the biggest feature is in the process of steaming to add the right amount of glutinous rice wine.