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Cool Cake This type of cake is found in many places, including Sichuan. It is especially common in the streets and alleys of places like Lushan and Yibin. In this still hot summer, the intense sunlight seems to endlessly bake the earth. To avoid becoming a moving barbecue The pedestrians on the street leisurely use tools that provide shade, and when you hear the sound of the cool cake, it's like a cool breeze passing by, leading you to a more distant place.

How to make Sichuan cool cake

Ingredients Preparation

Rice 500g, gypsum 50g, sugar 400g.

Steps

1. Choose clean rice and soak it in cold water. When it can be kneaded into a powder, drain the water and add 700g of water, grind into a slurry, and filter for use;

2. Soak gypsum with 200g of water and stir, then let it settle. Use the clarified gypsum water for use;

3. Dissolve sugar in a small amount of cold water to make juice, and put it in the refrigerator.

4. Boil 2kg of water in a pot, mix the rice slurry, and slowly pour it into the pot while stirring. Keep stirring until the slurry is cooked. Add the gypsum water and stir until it thickens. Take out a piece and put it in cold water. You can touch it with your hand without sticking. If it sticks, add a few drops of gypsum water;

5. Place the cool cake in a bowl and flatten it. Soak it in cold water and put it in the refrigerator. When eating, cut it into small rhombus-shaped pieces and drizzle with sugar syrup.

How to make home-style cool cake

Ingredients

Cool cake powder 125g, water 1625g, sugar

Steps

1. Mix 250g of warm water with 125g of cool cake powder to make a slurry.

2. Add the 687g of boiling water to the slurry and stir constantly.

3. Place the pot containing the slurry on the fire and cook. Keep stirring throughout the process. Add the remaining 688g of water to the slurry and stir until boiling for 5 minutes.

4. Remove from heat and cool into shape. Let it cool for about 30 minutes to 1 hour. Soak in cold water for 2 to 5 hours to remove the alkalinity.

5. Sugar Steam It becomes a thick liquid. Drizzle over the cut cool cake.

About Sichuan cool cake

Sichuan cool cake has been famous since the Qing Dynasty. This type of cake has its unique soft and chewy texture, and its sweet taste is long-lasting. A good bowl of cool cake needs to be made with cool water from an old well. This cool water, which comes from history, has traveled through time and transcended reincarnation, and has once again arrived in your heart.