Pound the Baba
Festive Baba Slices
Grilled Erkuai
Penji, let's pound some baba \with your aunt tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
Yeah, tomorrow.
OK. I'll soak the rice.
Water
Rinse
Soak overnight
Blanch
Steam until cooked
Ahao, help me take out the rice.
Be careful, it's too hot.
You're a little late.
We've been here for a while.
Uncle, have you applied oil?
Lard
Do you need all the rice?
Yep.
Uncle, please turn on the water.
It's already sticky.
Uncle, please turn the water off.
Grandma, pass me the bucket please.
Lard
Knead the dough
Sis, how do you think of my little fish baba?
Pretty.
Aunt, half of the Erkuai is for you.
We're back.
Grandpa, how do you think of my shaped baba?
Dawang, do you miss me?
Grrr...
Dawang is being grumpy.
Grandma, pass me the basket please.
I'll put these baba sticks to dry.
Spicy fermented bean curd
Let's roast some baba for dinner.
Roast some baba.
Sis, I wanna roast a gourd-shaped one.
And a fish-shaped one.
Grilled Erkuai
Here you are, grandma.
Careful, it's hot.
Eat the gourd one as well. It's not for appreciating only.
I'll dip it in the honey for you.
Roast a flower-shaped one.
All of you are home.
We roasted some baba.
We will butcher the annual pig the day after tomorrow.
Do come to my house and enjoy the feast.
Take another one with fermented bean curd.
Have you peeled all the fava beans?
Take the shells to feed the cow.
Baba slices
Lard-based mixed tofu and blood sausage
Ham
Sausage
Lard-based mixed tofu and blood sausage
Eggs
Salt
Water
Fava beans
Pea sprouts
Festive Baba Slices
Add some chili sauce
It's more delicious with chilies.
Xiaohao, you've finished your share?
Have some more. We have lots of baba slices.
Nope. I'm on a diet.
But you're so slim. Why the diet?
Store in clean water
Hello, everyone.
I am Dianxi Xiaoge.
The Chinese New Year is around the corner.
We definitely will pound some baba.
Baba is not the same as ciba.
While ciba is made of sticky rice,
baba is made of cooked rice,
which is pounded so as to become sticky.
We will knead the dough while it's still hot
to form different shapes.
This is called baba sticks,
which are used during the New Year's visits.
Usually we will slice the stick and blanch the slices
and mix with broth,
vegetables and other spices.
It's similar to rice noodles and ersi (rice slices).
This flat-shaped is to be grilled over charcoal fire,
and it's called grilled erkuai.
Usually we will spread some fermented bean curd
or chili sauce after it's cooked,
or we will also add some potato slices
ham slices, etc.
You can put whatever ingredients on it.
Then wrap the erkuai and it's ready to be served.
It's also one of Yunnan's
local snacks.
Besides the above mentioned ones,
we will also make some other shaped ones,
such as fish, grout,
and the flower with the character "fortune" on it.
It is one of our must-haves
for the coming Chinese New Year.
What do you eat for the Chinese New Year?
Please comment down below.
Also, I'd like to wish all of you a happy New Year.
Bye-bye!