Me Tri young rice is on fire, bustling with the rhythm of pounding young rice for the new crop

09/21/2024 | 08:14

TPO - Right from the entrance of Me Tri village (Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi), one can hear the familiar sound of pestles pounding green rice with the characteristic fragrant aroma of green rice. Me Tri green rice is made from young sticky rice grains wrapped in lotus leaves, creating a delicious and famous specialty of Hanoi. Late September and early October is the time when villagers are busy preparing for the biggest green rice crop of the year.

Me Tri green rice is 'on fire', bustling with the rhythm of pounding green rice for the new crop.

Me Tri has Thuong and Ha villages, with many households making green rice flakes. From the end of June to October of the lunar calendar every year, people here are busy preparing for the biggest green rice flake crop of the year. From early morning until late at night, they are always busy making batches of fragrant and soft green rice flakes to serve the needs of consumers.

The Me Tri green rice craft (Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi) has been included in the List of 17 National Intangible Cultural Heritages according to the decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The process of making green rice flakes is quite complicated, the raw material for making green rice flakes is sticky rice. There are many types of sticky rice that can be used to make green rice flakes such as Luong Phuong sticky rice, fragrant sticky rice, Tan sticky rice, Quyt sticky rice, and Golden Flower sticky rice...

Ms. Tu Lan (owner of a traditional green rice facility in Me Tri Ha) shared about her family's green rice making profession: "My family has been making green rice since the time of our ancestors, passed down from father to son until today. Currently, Me Tri village still has about one hundred households still making green rice."

When roasting green rice, villagers use firewood instead of coal to keep the green rice fragrant. When roasting, the fire must be high, when the green rice is soft, the fire must be reduced, because if the fire is too high, it will burn and if the fire is too low, the green rice will not be sticky enough. Each roasting batch lasts about 2 hours.

The quality of the output rice flakes mainly depends on the elaborate and meticulous rice flake making process that Me Tri people have mastered thoroughly. The process of making rice flakes also has many stages, including roasting, winnowing, pounding... From the beginning until the batch of young rice flakes is made, it takes about 4-5 hours or more. "The secret to making delicious rice flakes starts with choosing the time to harvest the rice. When the rice arrives, the daughter must continuously check the rice to see when the rice grains are starting to curdle and then harvest. Depending on the deliciousness of the rice grains, one quintal of rice will yield 17-18 kg of finished rice flakes," said Ms. Tu Lan.

Nowadays, the process of making green rice flakes is done by machines, helping to reduce labor, creating a large number of products while still ensuring delicious quality. Not only traditional green rice flakes, but also products such as green rice sticky rice, green rice cakes, mochi... are also warmly welcomed by consumers.

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Source: https://tienphong.vn/com-me-tri-do-lua-ron-rang-nhip-chay-gia-com-vao-vu-moi-post1671168.tpo