Changle iced rice began in Bing Xin's later years in the 1980s, and evolved from Changle's traditional summer drink "ice water".
Modern iced rice is rich in content and its form is not fixed. Generally speaking, it is inseparable from traditional ingredients such as glutinous rice, sugar water, peanuts, raisins, banana slices and various seasonal fruits, and the combination is ever-changing. The traditional Changle iced rice is mainly white rice, with peanuts and seasonal fruits, which is still a very novel and unique iced food in the mainland at that time. When Taiwan Province's bubble tea entered the Fujian-Guangdong market in the 1990s, as long as it was a tea shop in Fuzhou, Changle iced rice and even a barbecue snack bar, it was a must. You can imagine the popularity of that year.
Now Fuzhou people have spread iced rice to the United States and Southeast Asia. The popularity of iced rice is inseparable from its cool taste, chewiness and fast and economical price.
Summer in the south is hot and long, so almost all places have their own summer products, such as Qingbuliang in Hainan and Suanjie in Guangxi. And Changle Iced Rice in Fuzhou, Fujian Province is also very famous.
The so-called Changle iced rice is like taro balls with rice.
The earliest iced rice originated in Changle District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, hence its name. In 1980s, Changle Iced Rice appeared by chance, and then it became popular and gradually spread, even in Southeast Asia.
When foreigners see iced rice for the first time, they will think it is no different from taro, that is, there is rice in it, but in fact, the origin of iced rice is really related to this, and it is changed by ice water.
Fujian is located in the southeast coast, and it is very hot in summer, so the locals like all kinds of summer food very much. In the last century, someone brought shaved ice from Taiwan Province Province to Fujian, and people flocked to this cool snack.
But like many snacks, shaved ice has been popular in Fujian for some time. After the heat of that time, people thought this snack was not as delicious as the local ice water, so it soon fell out of fashion.
However, when shaved ice was popular, many people who followed the trend opened stalls and could not change careers casually, but people didn't like shaved ice, so naturally they had to find another way.
At this time, the owner of a shop in Changle District, because he had no appetite in summer, happened to have no food at home, so he poured the shaved ice raw materials in the shop on the rice, which was particularly refreshing and delicious.
Fujian is mountainous, but Fuzhou has many plains. High-quality rice has been abundant since ancient times, and locals also like to eat rice. This strange combination unexpectedly produced very good results, and iced rice was born.
After the appearance of iced rice in the 1980s, it has become a very popular snack and a representative food often eaten in summer in Fujian after continuous improvement by local people.
Usually ice rice is cooked glutinous rice, stirred into porridge, and then added with various fruits, accessories, sugar, taro and so on. It's like adding glutinous rice wine to make it cool.
There are many overseas Chinese in Fujian in Southeast Asia. After the appearance of Iced Rice, it was also brought to Southeast Asia by China people, and now it has become a very famous China snack in Southeast Asia, which is widely praised in hot summer days.
Changle did not appear until 2005 and 2006, and spread from Changle.
Iced rice is a traditional snack in Changle, Fuzhou, and it is a cool and delicious iced dessert in summer.
Authentic iced rice is only common in Changle City, Fuzhou, where it is the best (especially the iced rice in Zhanggang).
As for when it was invented, there seems to be no authoritative statement.
I haven't eaten. I wonder if it will be delicious.