How to make authentic Ninghua Hakka Lei Cha

It may be okay to eat casually when you are single, but if you have a family, especially if you have children, you must not neglect their diet. No matter how busy you are, you should make sure your children get enough nutrition. In fact, the preparation of authentic Ninghua Hakka lei cha is very easy, and what is more valuable is that it is also very nutritious.

1. Soak the mung beans and peanuts first.

2. Carefully pick and wash various green herbs such as Houttuynia cordata and dry them.

3. Soak the rice noodles in advance.

4. Scald the knife and mortar with boiling water.

5. Blend the peanuts in a food processor and set aside.

6. Boil the mung beans in a pressure cooker with half a pot of water (hot water)

7. Cut the grass lightly.

8. Place the mortar and pestle in circles and pound the food continuously.

9. This process takes about 15 minutes. The method is to clamp the mortar with your knees and keep pounding it in circles with both hands.

10. It is done when the pounding is done. The fragrance of the green grass will be refreshing.

11. Chop the lean meat and small intestine.

12. Cut the green onion into small pieces.

13. Add the beaten peanuts and ginger to the cooked mung beans.

14. Add a piece of ginger, pour in small intestine, lean meat, rice noodles, cooked sesame seeds and a large spoonful of tea oil, add appropriate amount of salt, and boil again.

15. Pour it into a mortar, mix it with the pounded green grass, and add in scallion segments.

16. The fragrant lei cha is ready, come and have a taste.

17. Finally, I would like to show you the essential tools for making pounded tea: a mortar and a pestle. The mortar is made of pottery with texture inside. The pestle is made of camphor wood, maple or nanmu, about 2 feet long and rounded at the bottom. Convenient for pounding food.

Cooking at home will make the whole house not seem lonely. The method of making authentic Ninghua Hakka lei cha is very simple. We might as well get started and enjoy the delicious taste.