Crown Daisy Rice Cake

Crown daisy rice cake is a Chinese pastry made of rice flour and some mugwort. Mugwort is an herbaceous plant commonly known as crown daisy. The leaf surface is green and the button of the leaf is slightly white with fluff. The plant usually grows in wildlands in spring. After harvesting, they are pounded, soaked, drained and dried, and then mixed with rice flour and water, or with preserved meat and other condiments, to make a round cake. 

The cakes can be steamed in a steamer or fried on both sides with sesame oil until they become golden brown, making the crust crispy and the stuffing soft. The crown daisy rice cake is a typical food with the fragrance of green wild vegetables, which is fresh and delicious.

Source: official website of the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism