Chapter 34: Yam Cake

Ye Qian just wanted to agree, but Wang Xiaoxian had already said: "I'm sorry, this big brother, my friend just came to Jiangcheng, his temper is like this, don't be like him, in this way, let's leave now." ”

Ye Gan was a little moved in his heart after hearing this, he knew that this was Wang Xiaoxian giving him peace. If Wang Xiaoxian didn't have a good heart, he should coax the seedlings at this time and let Ye Qian go up.

After all, so far, Ye Qian has not revealed his skills in front of her, and if she wants to make Ye Qian lose face, this is the best time.

Moved to be moved, but at this time, Ye Qian couldn't let people look down on himself, especially in front of Wang Xiaoxian: "I'll come, I'll come, the things I make are unpalatable and dare to come to the trouble of diners, this is also in Jiangcheng, and your stall in another place has already been smashed a hundred and ten times." ”

Wang Xiaoxian was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, walked to Ye Qian's side and said, "Why are you like this, there's no need to be angry about this matter......

Ye Qian patted the back of Wang Xiaoxian's hand with a smile and raised eyebrows at her: "It's okay, I'll let you see my craftsmanship today." ”

"You can even cook?" Wang Xiaoxian looked at Ye Qian incredulously, not noticing that he was being eaten tofu by Ye Gan.

"Of course I can cook, not only can I cook, but I also do it well."

Ye Qian and Wang Xiaoxian were talking here, but the owner of the food stall over there couldn't stand it, so he came over and said to Ye Gan: "What do you mean by kid?" Either apologize to me now and get out, or show me a hand right now for me to see. ”

Ye Qian glanced at the stall owner and found that the stall owner was a big fat man who was not tall, looking less than one meter seven, but his waist was a little thicker than the large trash can next to him: "Just do it, who is afraid of whom, but I haven't asked you what your name is?" ”

The fat stall owner said: "My name is Wu Tianhei, and everyone calls me Lard Wu, what's your boy's name?" ”

Ye Qian stood up, didn't speak, pushed away the lard Wu and walked into the operating table of the food stall, looked around, then rummaged through the various raw materials prepared in advance, and finally opened a large barrel, smelled it after opening the lid, immediately covered his nose, and turned around to close the lid.

Lard Wu rushed over from behind and asked, "What are you kid doing?" ”

Ye Gantou said without looking back: "I'll see how your kitchen is arranged, it's okay, it's relatively hygienic, and the raw materials are complete." ”

Lard Wu patted his chest and said, "Of course, my Lard Wu is in business, and Tong Su has always been undeceived. ”

Ye Qian was noncommittal, stretched out his hand and called Wang Xiaoxian over, and said, "Xiaoxian, you help me go over there and buy two bottles of mineral water back, by the way, I want it at room temperature." ”

Wang Xiaoxian looked in the direction of Ye Gan's finger and found that there was an old lady selling water there...... It's the kind of drink stand that is very common, and I just run over and buy it without asking why I say "oh" at the moment.

Here, Ye Qian began to prepare the raw materials.

The fat man's stall is exactly the yam cake that Ye Gan criticized, except for the other ingredients that are prepared in advance, the yams are all steamed and ground first, after all, the yam is not resistant to storage after the upper drawer is steamed.

Just before lard Wu had just steamed a drawer of yams, Ye Qian opened the cage drawer and looked at it, immediately shook his head, turned back to the lard Wu who was standing aside and watching, and said, "Fatty, you have always dealt with this yam like this?" ”

Lard Wu's eyes widened and said, "What's the matter, the yam is not steamed, do you want to grind the raw yam into powder?" ”

The people around the onlookers laughed, the Chinese people have always had the tradition of watching the lively, here is still a night market, there are more idlers, and there are already three layers inside and three layers outside.

As we all know, if you want to grind things like yam and potatoes into flour, you have to steam them in advance, otherwise you won't be able to grind them at all, so Lard Wu's words directly detonated everyone's laughter.

Ye Qian shook his head helplessly, took a pair of extremely long chopsticks and forked out a piece of yam from the cage drawer, and asked, "I'm not talking about this problem, I mean, you have always peeled the yam and then put it in the cage drawer to steam?" ”

Lard Wu was stunned and said, "Yes, what's wrong?" ”

In fact, Lard Wu knows in his heart that normal yam cakes need to be put in with the skin, but there is too much traffic in the night market, if the skin is steamed together, then you have to peel the skin on the hot yam, which is not an easy job, especially on the fast-food food stalls.

And he felt that there was no difference between peeling the skin in advance and peeling it afterwards, so he did it, and now that Ye Qian asked, he could only pretend to be stupid, but he "chuckled" in his heart, and said in his heart Don't really come to the master.

Ye Qian could only shake his head helplessly, opened the box below where the yam was stored, and found that a box of yams had been peeled, and he couldn't help sighing, he could only pick out the best quality yam from the cage drawer, and then cut off the two ends of the yam with a knife, and cut off the outer layer of the yam and discarded it.

This action can be said to be smooth, and its decisive and rapid knife movement is really rare, which attracted a burst of applause from the spectators.

Lard Wu muttered to himself on the side, feeling that he might really kick the iron plate this time, but he was also a stunned person, and he would never bow his head until the last moment, and he would not die until the Yellow River.

Ye Qian continued to process the yam here, and after removing the outer layer that could not be used, there was not much left inside, but after washing and grinding it with the back of a knife, he still got enough yam powder, and at this time, Wang Xiaoxian walked over through the crowd, raised a bottle of Coke in his hand and handed it to Ye Gan.

Ye Qian was directly stunned, glanced at Coke, then at Wang Xiaoxian, and asked, "Eldest sister, I asked you to buy a bottle of mineral water, what are you buying Coke for?"

Wang Xiaoxian stared at him with big eyes and an innocent expression: "Aren't you thirsty?" I remember you liked Coke, so I bought you a bottle of Coke. ””

"Forehead ......"

Ye Qian held his forehead with his hand, then took the coke and said, "Thank you, Xiaoxian, but I don't want mineral water to drink, mainly to make yam cakes for a while, I'm sorry for you." ”

"Oh, good."

Wang Xiaoxian was a little embarrassed, jumping up and down to squeeze out of the crowd to buy mineral water.

There is no mineral water, the yam powder in Ye Gan's hand can't be processed for the time being, but there are other raw materials that need to be prepared, and when Ye Qian finishes processing other auxiliary materials that need to be processed, Wang Xiaoxian came back with mineral water, Ye Qian took it and smiled at Wang Xiaoxian, then poured the mineral water into a clean bowl next to him, and put the mashed yam that had been milled into it.

Wang Xiaoxian walked into the stall, looked at Ye Qian and asked, "Ye Qian, what are you doing here?" ”

"Oh, deal with this mashed yam."

Ye Qian didn't raise his head, stared at the bowl in his hand carefully, carefully stirred the yam puree inside with a pair of chopsticks, and said casually: "Originally, if these yams were steamed with skins, there would be no need for such trouble, but the fat man peeled the yam for convenience before putting it in to steam, and peeled the yam for storage, so that the quality of the yam itself dropped greatly, even the quality of the yam core was not very good, and it was inevitable that there would be dregs in it when crushed with a knife." ”

Ye Qian's voice was not loud or small, and the people watching the excitement outside couldn't hear it, but the lard Wu here could hear it clearly, knowing that he had really met a master this time, and wanted to go forward to learn art, but he couldn't pull off this face, so he could only stand there and dry the pestle.

Originally, if Ye Qian didn't pay attention to Wang Xiaoxian, Wang Xiaoxian would definitely be angry, but today is different, Ye Gan is very focused, this concentration makes Ye Qian's whole temperament completely different from usual, with a strong attraction, it is said that focused people are the most charming, this is the truth.

The current Ye Qian seems to be incarnated as a god of food, and he is very strict with every detail.

After rinsing the yam puree with water several times in a row, and finally filtering the residue inside, Ye Qian used his hands to clump the yam puree that had become scattered several times with both hands, squeezing the water in it almost enough, and carefully kneading it with a cold cloth a few times, and the treatment of the yam puree was over.

Then, Ye Qian mixed the yam puree and glutinous rice flour together, added a little water, kneaded it into a dough, and then cut it into four equal parts with a knife, kneaded the filling that had been prepared on the side, wrapped it in raw flour, and fried it in a pan.

Although lard Wu said that it was convenient to make a cooking map, the raw materials were very fresh, and his pot of oil was lard, which could be seen to be changed frequently, and the oil color was very bright.

Soon, the four yam cakes were fried, Ye Qian skillfully scooped them out with a shovel and put them on the plate next to him, took out a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Wang Xiaoxian, and said proudly: "Taste it." ”

Wang Xiaoxian took the chopsticks, picked up a steaming yam cake, took a bite carefully, and suddenly jumped up:

"It's delicious, it's delicious, it's the first time I've eaten such a delicious yam cake...... Well, the yam has a strong aroma and a strong taste, and it's not greasy at all. ”

Ye Qian said smugly: "Of course, you don't look at who made the shot, in fact, this is not the best, if there is a fresh yam with skin, and the quality of this glutinous rice flour is a little higher, I can make it for you." ”

At this time, Lard Wu walked into the stall with heavy steps, picked up a pair of chopsticks from the side and picked up the yam cake, and didn't care about burning his mouth, "snorted" and bit off half of the yam cake, and cold sweat flowed down the corners of his forehead.

Among the people watching the excitement next to him, someone was familiar with Lard Wu, and shouted: "Hey, Lard Wu, you can tell me how this yam cake is." ”

Lard Wu didn't speak for a long time, and finally put the remaining half of the yam cake into his stomach before saying: "I have never eaten such a delicious yam cake in my life, the taste is amazing!" ”

After saying this, Lard Wu turned his head to Ye Qian and said, "This brother, oh no, master, I am wrong in this matter today, I have offended you by looking down on people." ”

Ye Qian waved his hand, enjoying the adoring gaze of Wang Xiaoxian and a group of passers-by, and said: "It's nothing, it's difficult for you to improve your skills in a short period of time, but you can still make a little progress in terms of raw materials." ”

Lard Wu was immediately overjoyed, but he didn't expect to be blessed by misfortune today, so he hurriedly said: "You say what you say, I'm listening here." ”

Ye Qian pointed to the cage drawer and said: "First of all, this yam, don't be afraid of trouble, it is not impossible to steam the yam even if it is peeled, but it must be peeled and steamed, like you hoarded in the box, not only the nutrients of the yam will be lost quickly, but the taste will also be very serious, the most important thing is that even if you crush the yam that is steamed in this way, there will be many small pieces in it, which will affect the taste very much." ”