Eating spring pancakes (chun bing) is a customary way to celebrate the coming of spring, both for disease prevention, and the means to meet the Chinese New Year. According to ancient records, in the Tang Dynasty, Chinese people have the habit of eating this. The custom of eating originated in the Jin dynasty, it has been prevalent in the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that China’s food culture is a long history. Each section to a relevant period must eat food.
How to make Spring Pancakes?
Ingredients:
A(pancake)
All purpose flour
Boiling water
Oil
B(with vegetables)
Bean or sweet potato noodles(steeped)
Bean sprouts
Potatoes wire
Carrot wire
Egg
Methods:
1. Slowly pour boiling water into flour, and mix them with chopsticks then knead until it becomes dough.
2. Hold dough about one hour with fresh-keeping film.
3. Heat up with a little oil and fried bean sprouts and potatoes wire with bean noodles, add in a little salt and mix good combined until well done.
4. Slice the cooked meat and scrambled eggs.
5. After one hour you will knead dough until smooth. Divided it to some sections and make them by your hand like cookies.
6. Brush oil on each side of “cookies”. Overlap with two. There will be oil the surface of coincidence. Use a rolling pin to roll each piece to a thin pancake.
7. Heat up with a little oil in a pan (Wiping a layer of oil) and cook pancake, fried one side is golden and turn over other side, cook until well done.(one side cook time about 1 minutes by middle fire)
8. Put your favorite vegetable in the pancake and roll it, dish off.
Attention:
Use oil on the surface, it is in order to facilitate separation of the two pancake.