Sweet lotus root with sweet osmanthus and glutinous rice

Sweet lotus root with sweet osmanthus and glutinous rice

Introduction:

"Sweet scented osmanthus and glutinous rice lotus root is a traditional sweet food in Hangzhou. It's very fragrant, soft and glutinous. Generally, it's only possible to eat this dish in a hotel. In fact, it's not difficult to make this glutinous rice lotus root. As long as you spend some time, you can make it at home and do it yourself, and you can have it on the new year's Eve dinner table ~ ~"

Production steps:

Step 1: soak the glutinous rice in cold water for 2 hours, wash and peel the lotus root, cut off one end about 3 cm to make the cover.

Step 2: drain the soaked glutinous rice, fill each hole of lotus root with chopsticks, fill the cut end of the back cover and fix it with toothpick. Put the glutinous rice lotus root into the pressure cooker, add water to cover the lotus root section, add brown sugar, high pressure for 30 minutes, turn off the heat, and then simmer for another hour.

Step 3: change the lotus root and soup to the ordinary stainless steel soup pot, add rock sugar, and boil it over medium heat until the soup is thick. Cool it a little, slice it, pour the soup, sprinkle some osmanthus and serve while it is hot.

Materials required:

Fresh lotus root: 500g

Glutinous rice: 150g

Rock sugar: 60g

Brown sugar: 60g

Note: 1. The lotus root should be thick and straight, so that the hole is bigger and it is easy to fill in the glutinous rice. 2. The peeled lotus root should be soaked in light salt water for a while and then filled with rice to prevent blackening. 3. When boiling lotus root, you can add a few red dates to make it more ruddy, fragrant and glutinous. 4. If you have time, don't use a pressure cooker. Put more water in an ordinary pot and simmer for 2-3 hours. In this way, the sweet lotus root will be more fragrant and glutinous.

Production difficulty: ordinary

Process: boiling

Production time: one hour

Taste: sweet