Lotus leaf, longan, lotus seed and osmanthus porridge(he ye gui yuan lian zi gui hua zhou )

Lotus leaf, longan, lotus seed and osmanthus porridge

Introduction:

"Lotus leaf is a kind of material with medicinal value. It has the special effects of clearing heat and detoxification, quenching heat, relieving thirst and promoting body fluid, appetizing and digesting. When using, fresh lotus leaf is the best choice. Lotus leaf picking back, to use as soon as possible, such as discoloration deterioration can never be used again. If you pick more lotus leaves and can't use them up, you can dry them. After drying, the medicinal value remains unchanged, but the fragrance will be lost. It can also be used in off-season. The method of drying is to wash the fresh lotus leaves with clean water and dry them in the sun. In order to make things look good and easy to use, you can use bamboo strips, iron wire, etc. to stretch them when drying. After drying, they will not roll, and the leaf surface will always be flat. After drying, it can be frozen, and its medicinal value will not be lost soon. It's OK to store it in a dry place, but the active ingredients of lotus leaves will be lost a lot. There's no problem with cooking and decoration, but there's no medicinal value. Lotus leaf, a special material in season, is the most ideal auxiliary product for making delicious food in summer. Today, fresh lotus leaves are used to make another seasonal food "lotus leaf longan lotus seed osmanthus porridge". This porridge is a kind of dessert. It can be eaten hot or cold after freezing. It can play an auxiliary role in beauty, detoxification and heat dissipation. It is also beneficial to tonic. "

Production steps:

Step 1: use a sharper knife first.

Step 2: cut off the dark pedicel of soaked and swollen lotus seeds.

Step 3: poke out the lotus seed with the flat part of the toothpick.

Step 4: the painstaking care of lotus seed is a medicinal material, which can be dried for use or not. Lotus seed has the effect of dispelling fire and detoxification.

Step 5: after boiling, add rice and glutinous rice and cook together.

Step 6: if the rice is clean, there is no need to wash it.

Step 7: cook rice for 1 hour, add lotus seeds and cook for another 30 minutes.

Step 8: finally, add longan and cook for another 30 minutes. When cooking porridge, always cook it slowly over low heat.

Step 9: when entering the longan, boil the rock sugar together.

Step 10: pour in Osmanthus sauce 10 minutes before leaving the pot.

Step 11: after the porridge is cooked.

Step 12: put the fresh lotus leaves on the surface of the porridge and cook for another 3 minutes.

Step 13: finally turn off the fire, cover the pot and simmer for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, take out the lotus leaves.

Step 14: pour the porridge into the container, sprinkle a little green and red silk on it, and then serve it on the table. You can also cool it in the air and put it in the refrigerator. Refrigerate it for two hours, and the taste of cold porridge is very sweet.

Materials required:

Rice: 70g

Glutinous rice: 30g

Longan meat: 30g

Dried lotus seed: 40g

Water: 1500ml

Old Beijing green silk and red silk: moderate amount

Rock sugar: 40g

Sweet scented osmanthus sauce: 15g

Note: 1, pot this porridge, with 60% rice and 40% glutinous rice is good, not more rice, pot until rotten. 2. It's better to put lotus seeds in the middle of the pot. It's easy to rot if you put them early. It's better to eat soft and look like a whole lotus seed. 3. The best choice for longan meat is the dried longan, which is easy and convenient. 4. The green silk and red silk sprinkled at the end of the porridge is a specialty of old Beijing. It is made of dried orange peel, which has the effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm. You can also make homemade shredded tangerine peel. The method is to cut the fresh tangerine peel, marinate it with a little salt for two hours, then dry it, and marinate it with sugar and a little honey for a week. The shredded tangerine peel can be eaten when it is bright. Note: the color of lotus leaf porridge will not be green, it is yellowish, with a faint fragrance. All green lotus leaf porridge, which must add materials, in the past mostly used alum, in the porridge buckle lotus leaf sprinkle a little alum water, the color of porridge will soon turn green, the color is very attractive, but toxic, the state has already banned the use of alum as a food additive. Alum is mainly composed of aluminum. It can inhibit the growth of human brain cells and make brain cells constantly fail. Dementia and amnesia of the elderly are related to these. Aluminum products should not be used too much.

Production difficulty: ordinary

Technology: pot

Production time: one hour

Taste: Fruity

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