In Banchanggou, Luji Village, Daxing Town, Yongshan County, Yunnan Province, there is a kind of vine-like shrub called papaya tree, which grows on rocky slopes to protect water and soil and green the ecology. A rare breed in China.
The fruit of the rice papaya tree is round and has thin seeds. Its shape and color are a bit like fennel seeds, but it is twice as small. Rice papaya seeds are good for digestion and absorption of the stomach. When you eat more eggs, meat, milk, and some non-digestible foods at a banquet or at a family meal, the stomach and intestines feel uncomfortable. Eat some papaya jelly Afterwards, the gastrointestinal discomfort will disappear. The reason is that the protein-digesting enzyme in papaya is working. This enzyme can digest protein, which is beneficial to the body's digestion and absorption of food. achievement. Also, if you eat too much meat, the fat will accumulate in the lower body. At this time, after eating some papaya jelly, the enzymes in the papaya will help break down the meat, reduce the workload of the stomach and intestines, and make the sensual legs slowly become It is more skinny and has a weight loss effect. Papaya seed jelly balances and strengthens the physiological metabolism of hormones in adolescents and pregnant women. It can reduce the occurrence of dark spots, dark spots, and youth beans on the face, and can dilute the formed stains, dark spots, and moisturize the skin.
Put the ripe brown papaya seeds into a gauze bag and seal it, soak it in cold water for 3--5 minutes, take it out and rub the cloth bag vigorously with both hands, until the papaya slurry flows out from the bag, put it in the refrigerator for 2-- 3 hours, according to its shape, it should be called papaya jelly, also known as "ice powder". The papaya jelly is as lovely as crystal.
The state of papaya jelly is a bit like jelly, but it is softer and smoother than jelly. The condensed papaya jelly swayed coolly in the sun. The ice-clear papaya jelly presents various shapes and patterns like shattered ice cubes, but it is always inseparable from the word cool. At this time, scoop a spoonful of homemade cold brown sugar water, and finally sprinkle a handful of cooked sesame seeds, a small spoonful of sauce-colored rose flower sugar, and a spoonful of rice cold shrimps made of rice that look like dried shrimps. A bowl of clean papaya jelly is ready.
The traditional container is an aluminum basin. The girl takes a small bowl for eating, and uses a spoon to scoop up a spoonful of papaya jelly and put it in the bowl. The most critical step at this time is to use the spoon to break the large pieces of jelly in the bowl. , "Tart tart tart", I saw the girl's embroidered sleeves dancing in the sun, blending with spoons, bowls, papaya jelly and the crisp sound of "tart tart", which made people dazzled. The ice-clear jelly powder presents various shapes and patterns like shattered ice cubes, but it is always inseparable from the word cool. At this time, take a spoonful of homemade red brown sugar water that has been cooled down, and the red ocher brown sugar water will permeate the transparent jelly powder happily, and finally sprinkle a handful of yellow cooked sesame seeds, a small spoonful of Caramel rose syrup (or golden sweet-scented osmanthus syrup), a few red and green silks, and a bowl of colorful and clear papaya water will do just fine. The taste is very wonderful, soft and smooth in the mouth, it seems like there is nothing between, but it is really sweet mixed with brown sugar water, the fragrance of sesame, the drunkenness of rose sugar, coupled with the color of red and green silk, a Word: cool! ! !
Rice papaya jelly is the people's favorite summer drink, and it is definitely the first choice to cool off the heat.
The rice papaya used to make papaya jelly is not the Taiwanese papaya that is rumored to beautify and plump breasts in the market today, nor is it the sour papaya used in Dai cooking. It is the fruit of a shrub plant also called rice papaya. When I was young, I always wondered what the relationship between some thin seeds and this congealed papaya jelly was, so in the summer vacation of the first grade of elementary school, my mother bought papaya seeds from the street and let me have An experience of watching papaya seeds turn into papaya jelly. Prepare a small basin of cold boiled water and a piece of clean gauze. So I sat on a small bench, wrapped the papaya seeds with gauze, tied the mouth of the gauze with a cloth strip, dipped in water, and started rubbing the papaya seeds. There was nothing unusual when I started kneading, so I called my mother and asked why the papaya jelly still didn't come out? Mother said it was still early, so be patient. Then knead again, at this time the small gauze starts to feel sticky and slippery, put your hands in clean water and rinse it clean, then continue kneading, and then knead again, repeat countless times, until the gauze no longer feels sticky and slippery when rubbing. But it is still a pot of clear water, and I asked my mother again, saying that it will not be solidified until tomorrow. So I fell asleep with a beautiful longing. The first thing I did when I got up the next morning was to go to the kitchen, and I opened the emery cloth covering the small basin to see that the clear water in the basin had magically turned into crystal-like jelly. So Sasha Huan woke up the whole family, boiled the brown sugar water, and waited for the brown sugar water to cool (there was no refrigerator at that time), then poured it out, took a spoon, and imitated the adults who sell papaya water to "tart" "Tart" was smashed, and bowls of brown sugar water were poured on it for the whole family to drink. The joy and pride soaked childhood in honey.