NOVEL NEXT Chapter 207 Crispy Bobo
Mao Xi used shopping coins to buy thirty light amber colored glass bowls and a bag of tapioca flour in the virtual mall.
This glazed bowl has become popular among the people of the Huai Kingdom and is used in all major restaurants. However, transparent glass was too precious and only princes and nobles could afford it, so Ma Xi did not buy it.
Mao Xi took some glazed bowls and gave them to the cook Xiaoqing: "Xiaoqing, from now on everyone who comes to the shop to buy sugar water will use these glazed bowls to serve them."
Seeing this crystal clear glass bowl, Xiao Qing's eyes lit up: "Shopkeeper, when did you buy the glass bowl? I heard that the beef cheese sold in Qingxiang Building is also packed in glass bowls."
"I bought it from the grocery store. You should take it and wash it first."
Then, Mao Xi took out the tapioca flour he just bought and prepared to make crispy pops.
"Ah Shu, are you making brown sugar pearls?" Lou Lan'er also took a bag of cassava flour from the cupboard. "Aunt Chen brought this bag this morning. She said she had dried it for you. Tian There’s still half of the cassava in it that hasn’t been dug yet, so we can go back and help when we can.”
"Today I'm making a new snack, fruity and crispy, similar to brown sugar pearls."
"Bop-bop?!" Lou Lan'er had never heard of it.
Mao Xi took sugar and tapioca flour, mixed them according to the proportion and kneaded them into a ball, and then took some different fruits and mixed them with the tapioca flour.
For fruits, she chose strawberries and mangoes. The cooked pop balls are red and yellow in color. When added to sugar water, they are brightly colored and increase appetite.
Especially the strawberry flavor, you can still see the pulp and seeds of the strawberry.
At the late night snack stall, there were gradually more and more diners in the shop.
Some gourmets have heard that Liuxiang Snacks has roasted duck with sour plums today and is offering a 20% discount, so they all come together.
Nalan Jue and Master Mi Yuan also came to the shop, and they ordered half a roast duck with sour plums.
Nalan Jue saw that Ma Xi was selling sugar water in glass bowls, and was quite curious: "Ah Ma, where did you buy these glass bowls? Use them to hold the coconut milk sugar water, and it seems to be more appetizing."
"Mr. Nalan, are you interested in this glass bowl? Why don't you and Mi Lao have a piece of sugar water each? I made a lot of fruit dumplings today, which are crispy and delicious."
"Then give Mr. Mi and me a portion each. Please have it in a glass bowl."
It's not that Nalan Jue has never seen a glass bowl before, but it's usually only used in restaurants. It seems a bit exaggerated for this ordinary snack shop to use a glass bowl to sell sugar water for 10 yuan.
Mao Xi saw Nalan Jue's suspicion in his eyes.
She hasn't used a glass bowl yet. It would be pleasing to the eye if she used a transparent glass bowl to hold sugar water.
She came to the table carrying poplar nectar and coconut drink with crispy pop pops: "Mr. Nalan, these glass bowls are not expensive. I also found someone I know to make them, so don't be too careful."
Master Mi Yuan on the side likes sweets. No matter what kind of bowl it is in, he has already picked up a piece of roast duck with sour plums and started eating it.
"Little girl, how could you think of using sour plum sauce to make this roast duck?"
"How does Mr. Mi feel about the taste?"
"It's crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, sweet and sour, and really refreshing to eat in summer."
Mi Lao has tasted sauce duck, roast duck, and smoked duck. They all tasted like onions and ginger, or soy sauce or brine. But today's duck with sour plums was refreshing to him.
This was the same feeling he had when he drank iced sour plum soup for the first time in Mao Xi's shop. The dishes cooked by this Mao girl were not only novel, but also quite in harmony with the season.
Seeing that Mr. Mi likes sour plum duck, Shu Xi asked him to try the coconut drink with crispy pop pops: "Mr. Mi, try this coconut drink again. I added strawberry dumplings."
Mi Lao took a spoonful of strawberry crisp pops and took a few bites. The crispy little balls exploded in her mouth, and the more she chewed, the sweeter the strawberries became.
"Ah~ for a summer night snack, this piece of duck with sour plum, a sip of coconut drink, and strawberry dumplings are enough!"
Mi Lao was already intoxicated by this sweet and sour food.
Nalan Jue also took a sip of the mango-flavored poplar nectar.
What? ! This texture is not the glutinous texture of glutinous rice, but the crispy texture of tapioca flour. It breaks when you bite it without clogging your teeth. The color is still translucent, like jade.
"Miss Ah Miao, are your little dumplings made of tapioca flour?"
"Exactly, Mr. Nalan, what do you think of the taste?"
"Would you like to sell me some tapioca flour?"
Mr. Nalan's obsession with delicious food has not changed. Lou Lan'er wanted to step forward and refuse, but Ma Xi stopped her.
"Master Nalan, I will go back to the village to make cassava flour tomorrow. If you are not afraid of digging in the fields, you can come to Liujia Village to help. I will give you a can of cassava flour then."
Nalan Jue now recalled the first time he went to the millet field to help fertilize, just to get the recipe for pickled cabbage pancakes.
Although the memory of going to the field that time was not so good, he still planned to give it a try for the sake of delicious food.
Nalan Jue put away the paper fan and said with a faint smile: "Then I will go to the fields with you to make cassava flour tomorrow, but you have to teach me the ratio of making small dumplings."
Behind Mao Xi, Mu Zhiyuan's slightly lower voice came: "Master Nalan, are you sure you can go to the fields again? Don't give up halfway then!"
Mu Zhiyuan turned to Shu Xi and said, "Ah Shu, Aunt Chen wants to make cassava flour. Just call me to help. Mr. Nalan has thin skin and tender flesh. Don't do anything wrong when I see him."
"Prince Mu, don't look down on me. Although I don't go to the fields much, I have a persistent heart for making delicious food."
Mao Xi stepped forward and broke up the dispute between the two: "Okay! Let's go to the fields together tomorrow. It will be done in two hours at most."
Mi Lao on the side stroked his long beard and laughed: "Hahaha! Young man, what's the point of fighting? Nalan, come and eat this roast duck with sour plums. If you don't eat it, I will eat it all."
The next morning, Nalan Jue came to Liujia Village as promised. This time, he did not bring an entourage. Instead, he dressed in casual field clothes and drove a donkey cart to the door of Mao Xi's house.
Mrs. Chen took Mao Xi, Nalan Jue and Mu Zhiyuan to the vegetable field to dig cassava.
Cassava is a root crop that is buried in the soil. You need to dig out the cassava roots from the soil just like digging sweet potatoes, then wash and peel them in the river.
Mao Xi gave Nalan Jue and Mu Zhiyuan each a hatchet, while she and Chen started digging along the edges of the roots with their hands.
The rhizome of cassava is curved and white, and must be uprooted when digging.
Nalan Jue and Mu Zhiyuan used hatchets to cut off the dug cassava roots.
After everyone washed the cassava in the river, they peeled the cassava together.
After all the peeled cassava is crushed, put it into a large vat and soak it in water to soften the sediment.
"Okay, after three days, pour out the water. What's left is tapioca flour. After it's dried, you can make all kinds of delicious food."
Nalan Jue, who rarely worked, beat her lower back with her hand: "Miss Ah Mi, making this cassava flour is so time-consuming and laborious. In the end, we can only get half a tank of cassava flour. It would be a pity to just use it to make small dumplings." Bar?"
"Mr. Nalan, this cassava flour has many functions. Xiaoyuanzi is just one of the delicacies. If you come to the shop more often in the future, we will introduce new delicacies one after another."
"What? What else can be made delicious?" Nalan Jue looked forward to it. In his mind, cassava flour could only be used to thicken gravy.
"Taro buns, thousand-layer cake, bowl cake, cassava bread..."
Mu Zhiyuan and Nalan Jue swallowed in unison. After half a day's work, everyone was indeed very hungry!