CHINESE SNACKS
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Skewers of silkworms, Tysiachniouk and Scorpions, fried starfish and grasshoppers, soup of the ovaries of frogs and jellyfish salad with all these shocking delicacies for the Chinese — useful and nutritious food that strengthens the health.
JELLYFISH
In China, jellyfish are considered a delicacy since ancient times. They poetically called the “crystal meat”. Among the edible jellyfish the most popular rhopilema and Aurelia. We caught the jellyfish and remove the mouth of the blade, washed the umbrella, cleans the internal organs of mucus. Food is jelly-like mass umbrella. There is a very complex (3 to 6 stages) and long (20 to 40 days), the procedure of soaking the jellyfish in a solution of salt and alum.
Dehydrated and hardened umbrella jellyfish can be further used to prepare a variety of dishes. Salt jelly fish, make salads, fry and boil, add in sushi and rolls. The Chinese believe that the jellyfish is extremely useful, it contains various vitamins and minerals (manganese, iron, chromium, copper, 17 amino acids).
SWALLOW’S NEST
One of the most expensive Chinese dishes — a soup of bird’s nest. In fact, the famous delicacy made from nests of Swifts, the so-called salanganes that live in the rocks on the shore of the South China sea. These birds build nests from algae, stick the design saliva. The so-called salanganes nest rich in protein, iodine, phosphorus, calcium and other beneficial trace elements. According to the Chinese, they give vitality. To extract the nests of Swifts is difficult and dangerous, because they are at high altitude. Before preparing the nest is usually washed and soaked for several days. In the nests of soup in addition to add the crab meat and the chicken.
According to one legend, the Chinese first tried the nest of Swifts, fleeing from persecution by the army of Genghis Khan. Chinese soldiers have been driven by the Mongols on an island where almost nothing was there, from hunger tried to boil bird’s nest. It turned out that they are not only delicious but also nutritious. Because of this diet, the soldiers could fight and repel the enemy.
THE OVARIES OF THE SNOW FROG
Another unusual product, popular in China, — the ovaries of the snow frog, or hasma, they are called “fat frog”. They are dried or frozen. Before cooking hasmo pre-soaked a couple hours in warm water and then added to various dishes such as soup (like before the soup was served only to the table of the Emperor). Another option roast, fried with egg. Sometimes the ovaries of frogs and served for dessert with fruit, such as figs or papaya. The Chinese believe that the ovaries of the frog is useful for kidney and lung, and also have a rejuvenating effect.
ROTTEN EGGS
Rotten eggs have nicknamed this dish foreigners. The Chinese themselves call them “Imperial”, this dish is known also as Chinese black eggs (hundred day, centennial, canned, Pedan), conchoidal. Zunhua, in Chinese means “pine flowers”, a tribute to “balls”. After cleaning the shell in translucent protein is visible mesh patterns resembling pine needles. The richer the pattern, the higher the quality of the eggs. For cooking, conchoidal commonly used duck eggs. Previously, they were soaked in a mixture of quicklime, salt and water, now leave for 40-60 days in a solution of caustic soda, salt and tea leaves.
THE SEAWEED SALAD WITH JELLYFISH PRESCRIPTION CHEN UZANA, THE BRAND CHEF OF SOLUXE CLUB RESTAURANT
Ingredients
100 g salted jellyfish
A few leaves of frisee lettuce
70 g of Chuka salad (seaweed)
A clove of garlic
1/4 teaspoon Thai chili sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1/4 teaspoon fish sauce
2 teaspoons black vinegar
Salt — to taste
Salted jellyfish pre-soak it in warm water and then cut into fine strips. For the filling mix the vinegar, soy, sugar, sesame oil, garlic, passed through the press, Thai Chile.
On a plate put the salad of frisee, Chuka seaweed, sliced jellyfish, stir and pour the sauce over them.
