Tao kuish (红桃粿)is a kind of traditional food in chaoshan area. Tao means peach in Chinese and kuish(粿) is a general name of a class of food, which is made from rice flour, flour and tapioca.“净米也，又米食也” .[1]
is the explanation of kuish from Kangxi Dictionary.
In chaoshan area, the housewife always make Tao kuish in some big festivals, such as spring festival, Lantern festival, the double ninth festival and so on. Tao kuish uses to sacrifice to ancestors.
Tao kuish gets it’s name because people think it looks like red peach. It is made for worship. In China, red peach symbolizes longevity and luck, it reflects people's aspiration when they pray.
Practice of Tao Kuish edit
Main materials edit
Rice flour, glutinous rice, mushroom, tiniest shrimps, peanut, garlic, pork, etc.[2]
Ingredient of Tao Kuish edit
MSG, pepper, oil, salt, etc.[2]
Nutritious value of Tao kuish edit
Glutinous rice is the main filling of Tao Kuish, which fully contains proteins, fat, saccharides, starch, Ca, F, Fe, vitamin B1, vitamin B2.[3] Traditional Chinese medical science think it can invigorate spleen-stomach and replenish qi, and it do help to your spleen and stomach. What is more, glutinous rice can remission frequency of urination.
Tao kuish mould edit
Tao kuish always have beautiful patterns on it because of Tao kuish mould. Tao kuish moulds have various kinds of patterns in different area, which is mainly make from peach woods. Peaches also reflect longevity and good marriage, and most of the Tao kuish will have a “寿” (longevity) or “福” (luck) on it.[4]