The first meal of Laba Festival in Shanxi -- red silk rice

The first meal of Laba Festival in Shanxi -- red silk rice

Introduction:

"It's Laba again. As the saying goes, it's the new year after Laba. According to this, I also have the expectation of going home. Because the mother's family is too far away from the mother-in-law's family, so before marriage, I made rules with my husband to spend the new year in turn, one year at my mother's family, one year at my mother's family. This year, I will go back to my mother's family, Shanxi Province. Although there are still more than 20 days to go, I can't wait for it. Homesick, even Laba porridge is made according to the customs of my hometown. "Laba porridge" of Shanxi people is millet as the main ingredient, red dates, red beans, sweet glutinous rice, also known as red thick rice. The first meal of Laba Festival is red thick rice. There is another saying in my hometown that "if you don't eat red thick rice in the morning, you will get 'red eye disease'. So far, I don't know what kind of disease "red eye disease" is, but I have never been absent from red thick rice. It's soft, waxy and sweet, so I can't love it. "

Production steps:

Step 1: wash all the prepared ingredients and soak the millet for about 30 minutes;

Step 2: put enough water into the pot, add red beans, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat, and boil until the red beans are peeled and the water color is black and red;

Step 3: add millet and jujube, and continue to boil until all water is absorbed;

Step 4: add brown sugar to the cooked porridge, rub the back of the spoon until the millet is sticky, and then out of the pot.

Materials required:

Red bean: 80g

Millet: 150g

Red dates: 8

Brown sugar: 3 teaspoons

Precautions: 1. Soaking millet in advance can help shorten the cooking time.

Production difficulty: simple

Technology: stewing

Production time: one hour

Taste: sweet