Xuwu Temple Hou A-Po Rice Cake Introduction
Every returning native to Khew-Wu will definitely visit Shun Tian Temple and then look for Grandma to eat a bowl of her rice pudding with meat soup, easing their homesickness. Many people in Khew-Wu have been eating Grandma's rice pudding since their elementary school days. As they grow up and move away for studies or work, they still bring their families back to enjoy it, telling the younger generations that this is the dish they've cherished since childhood, which they cannot forget while living away from home. Grandma's name is Li Hsieh-Chiuhua (born in 1939), and she originally was a farmer. During the off-season, she would sell groceries by cart. With relatives doing business at the market, she was invited to set up a stall there to ease her workload and began making and selling rice pudding. The ingredients for Grandma's rice pudding include green onions, shallots, salted eggs, pork, and traditional rice. The preparation steps are: 1. Cook pork, green onions, and shallots until fragrant and set aside. 2. Grind traditional rice into a rice paste and dilute it with boiling water. 3. Place the cooked pork and salted egg in a bowl, pour in the diluted rice paste, and steam it until cooked. It is customary to eat rice pudding with soup. Grandma's soup was initially made with Jiumu fish, but later switched to meat soup due to the limited availability of Jiumu fish. The preparation of meat soup involves blanching pork and bok choy, and then adding cornstarch to the pot with water...
