The method of stir-fried rice cake with tomato sauce is simple and meaningful

Rice cake is a traditional food of the Chinese nation, usually eaten during the New Year. Because it is very fragrant, soft and smooth, it is loved by the Chinese people. Various methods of making rice cake have been continuously researched. Let’s learn how to stir-fry rice cake with tomato sauce. It is sour and sweet and very suitable for eating with rice.

Rice cake is a traditional food of the Chinese nation and a seasonal food during the Lunar New Year. It is a kind of cake steamed with sticky glutinous rice or rice flour. During the Spring Festival, many parts of my country pay attention to eating rice cake. Rice cakes come in three colors: red, yellow and white, symbolizing gold and silver. Rice cakes are also called "nianniangao", which is homophonic with "nianniangao", which means "higher every year", implying that people's work and life will improve year by year. Therefore, our ancestors wrote a poem about rice cake: "Rice cake has a deeper meaning, white like silver and yellow like gold. I hope that the year will be prosperous and I sincerely pray for wealth to come."

How to make fried rice cake with tomato sauce:

Ingredients: 1~2 tomatoes, a little rice cake and tomato sauce. Method:

1. Boil a pot of water and blanch the rice cake until it is soft (you can also fry it)

2. Cut tomatoes into small pieces.

3. Heat the pan and add oil, fry the tomatoes

4. Add tomato sauce and continue frying

5. Add rice cake and stir well

6. Add a little salt and soy sauce to taste. Ketchup itself is salty, so don’t add too much other seasonings.

Extended reading: How to make Korean spicy rice cake

Ingredients: rice cake (preferably in long strips), chili sauce (usually available in large supermarkets, in red packaging), ketchup, soy sauce, salt, green onions, ham (other fish balls are also fine if you like)

1. Add a tablespoon of water to the pot and bring to a boil.

2. A spoonful of chili sauce (the kind used for soup, you can put less if you don’t like spicy food), stir until it dissolves in boiling water

3. Put the rice cake into the pot and cook it. Be careful to stir it and avoid it sticking to the pot.

4. When the rice cake is almost cooked (soft and can be easily picked up with chopsticks), add green onions, ham, two teaspoons of tomato sauce, a little soy sauce, and a little salt for salty taste. 5. When the soup is almost dried up, serve.