Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 285: Making Rice Cake

Filter out a large bucket of ground beans first, then pour them into a pot and boil them over high heat to drink as soy milk.

After the soy milk is made, the remaining part is used to make tofu.

Xu Han soaked a lot of beans and made a lot of tofu.

After everything was done, it was time for lunch. There was no time to make delicious lunch today, so Xu Han simply made bean curd cakes and tofu soup. The ingredients were all ready-made, simple and delicious.

After the tofu is pressed, there is a lot of it. Some of it is packaged and the rest is placed directly in the yard to make frozen tofu.

I don’t eat Xu Han frozen tofu very often, but I tried it once when I was traveling in Northeast China and it tasted very good.

It just so happens that I made a lot of tofu today, so I took out some of it to make frozen tofu and try it to see if it tastes good. If it does, I can make more.

It was already mid-afternoon when everything was done, and the snow outside had stopped.

Seeing that it was still early, Xu Han suggested, "Since we are not busy now, I will go and steam the glutinous rice so that we can make rice cakes later."

"Okay, go and steam the glutinous rice, and I'll clean the mortar."

Then the two of them started to act separately. Lu Chuan rolled the mortar to the side of the pool, scrubbed it clean, and then rolled it back to the front yard.

Xu Han used a large wooden barrel, put a layer of dry corn leaves underneath, and then put the soaked glutinous rice into the barrel.

Don’t add water to the wooden barrel, just put it in the pot, cover it with a lid and steam it.

The steamed glutinous rice was quickly put into the stone mortar while it was still hot, and Lu Chuan started beating the rice cake with a stone hammer.

"Is this how you fight?" Lu Chuan asked Xu Han.

"Yes, just pound it up and down like this until all the rice grains inside are gone and it becomes a smooth rice cake ball." Xu Han instructed Lu Chuan.

Grandpa Zhao, who heard the noise, also brought Mu'er out to join in the fun.

"You got it so soon? It looks like a lot, enough to last for a while." Grandpa Zhao said.

"Yes, there will be more after steaming. This will definitely be enough for us to have many meals. I will make delicious food for you then." Xu Han scraped the glutinous rice from the wooden barrel and stuffed it into Mu'er's mouth and said.

"Gao Gao, Mu'er wants to eat Gao Gao." Mu'er said, pointing at the glutinous rice balls in the stone mortar.

"Mu'er, wait a moment. Daddy will prepare it for you." Lu Chuan said with a smile.

"Hahahaha, Mu'er can't wait any longer." Xu Han said with a smile.

"Children can't eat too much food made from glutinous rice, otherwise they won't be able to digest it. You have to be careful not to let them eat too much later." Grandpa Zhao warned.

"Okay, I understand." Lu Chuan responded.

Lu Chuan felt very hot after beating for a while, so he took off his coat and continued beating. While beating the rice cakes, he said, "This job is done by Yunhua. It may look simple, but it is very strenuous."

"Glutinous rice is sticky, so it must be difficult to beat. You take a break and I will try." Grandpa Zhao said eagerly.

Lu Chuan handed the stone hammer to Grandpa Zhao, then moved a chair and sat down to rest for a while.

Grandpa Zhao tried it a few times and said, "It's really heavy. It's not easy to eat this, hahahaha."

"This rice cake smells very good, with a fresh fragrance of rice that makes people drool." Xu Han said on the side.

"It smells quite fragrant, much more fragrant than when I eat rice." Lu Chuan also sniffed and said.

Xu Han brought out another basin of hot water from the house. While Grandpa Zhao was pounding the rice cake, Xu Han dipped her hands in the hot water and turned the rice cake in the stone mortar over so that it could be beaten more evenly.

"It's still quite hot." Xu Han said as she turned the rice cake.

Then I couldn't help but grab a ball and put it in my mouth. After chewing it, I found it was quite chewy.

"Mom, is it delicious?" Mu'er asked, staring at Xu Han's mouth.

Xu Han was enjoying the food with her eyes closed when she was suddenly called. She looked embarrassed for a moment. Uh~what should she say?

Grandpa Zhao and Lu Chuan laughed mercilessly upon seeing this.

"Mom, please taste it first. It's not ready yet. I'll call you to eat when it's ready. Go inside and see if your brother is awake." Xu Han said vaguely with a random excuse.

Mu'er didn't think much about it and obediently ran into the house to see Ze'er.

Seeing Xu Han like this, Lu Chuan wanted to laugh. Xu Han glanced at Lu Chuan. Seeing this, Lu Chuan wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

Who can really understand this? I was greedy and secretly eating, and my two-year-old son saw me. The key is that he asked me seriously if the food tasted good.

Xu Han's face turned red with embarrassment. It was so embarrassing. She couldn't do this again in the future. After all, she was already the mother of two children. She had to be more careful in the future and at least not get caught.

Grandpa Zhao played for a while and then handed it to Lu Chuan again. "You are young, so you should do it. This job is not easier than clearing land and digging a pond. You will not be able to do it when you are old."

"Hahahaha, next time we want to eat rice cakes, we have to wait for Yunhua to come and make them." Xu Han said with a smile.

"I'm the first to agree." Lu Chuan immediately responded.

By the time the rice cake was finished, it was already dark. Xu Han took the rice cake into the main room.

Then wipe the table clean, dip your hands in hot water, pinch the rice cake into balls, flatten them and put them on the table.

Let it dry in the sun first, and then store it after it is shaped. You can take it out and use it next time you want to eat it, and you can make soup or stir-fry it.

"It was my first time making rice cakes, and the shape didn't look good, but fortunately it was still delicious," said Xu Han.

"It's okay. It's already very good to do it like this for the first time. We will definitely do better than this if we do it a few more times in the future." Lu Chuan comforted.

Whether in the previous life or here, this is the first time Xu Han has made rice cakes. She has only seen the process of making rice cakes in short videos before, and this is the first time she has tried to make it herself. Xu Han is quite satisfied with the result.

After spending so much effort to make it, of course I have to try whether it tastes good.

Xu Han cut out a small piece with a knife, and then put some brown sugar and chili powder on a plate.

Xu Han said, "You can try it. You can eat it directly or dip the rice cake in sugar or chili powder."

Seeing this, Lu Chuan took a bite of the rice cake in his hand, dipped it in some chili powder and said, "It's delicious. It's very chewy. It's really good. It's not in vain."

"I like the taste too," said Grandpa Zhao.

"It's getting late today. You won't be able to digest if you eat too much. I'll make fried rice cakes for you tomorrow." Xu Han took another bite and said while eating.

"Can this be fried and eaten?" Lu Chuan asked puzzledly.

"Of course you can. There are many ways to cook this rice cake. It can be used as a dish or as a staple food. You will know it later." Xu Han said.