Congee with Nuts and Dried Fruits(la ba zhou )

Congee with Nuts and Dried Fruits

Introduction:

"December of the lunar calendar is also called the twelfth month, so the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar is also commonly known as Laba. I remember there was a doggerel when I was a child: don't be greedy, little child. After Laba, it will be the new year. After Laba, the flavor will be more and more intense. When I was a child, I didn't like Laba as much as looking forward to the new year. There are lots of snacks and delicious food, new clothes and new year's money. What's more, as long as you don't have to go to the house to expose the tiles and make some small troubles during the new year, the adults won't repair you. Now I'm getting older and I've lost interest in all festivals. The only thing I can keep is my love for the delicious food in every festival. So, of course, I have to drink Laba porridge in Laba Festival! When preparing food materials, I found that the variety of coarse cereals at home is really rich! A handful of rice, glutinous rice, millet, black rice, red kidney beans, walnuts, peanuts, lotus seeds, red dates, raisins and longans were on the tray. Later, we found 18 kinds of soybean, mung bean, black bean, red bean, coix seed, pea and chestnut. On the cold Laba Festival, boil a pot of fragrant Laba porridge and drink a bowl of salted duck eggs and Laba garlic. It's not only suitable for the occasion, but also warm up! "

Production steps:

Step 1: prepare raw materials: 40 grams of rice, 40 grams of glutinous rice, 40 grams of millet, 40 grams of black rice, 40 grams of red kidney beans, 6 walnuts, 40 grams of peanuts, 40 grams of lotus seeds, 6 red dates, 10 grams of raisins, 10 grains of longan, 20 grams of soybeans, 40 grams of mung beans, 20 grams of black beans, 40 grams of red beans, 8 chestnuts, 20 grams of Coix seed, 40 grams of peas, 5 grains of rock sugar, and appropriate amount of water.

Step 2: soak hard beans such as red kidney beans, peanuts, soybeans, mung beans, black beans, red beans, job's tears and peas overnight in advance.

Step 3: wash the rice, glutinous rice, millet, black rice, coix seed and lotus seed, soak them in water for three hours, and shell the chestnut and longan.

Step 4: wash the jujube and cut it into strips.

Step 5: soak the chestnuts and peel them.

Step 6: first put red kidney beans, peanuts, soybeans, mung beans, black beans, red beans, coix seed, peas and chestnuts, which are difficult to cook, into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, cook them half cooked over high heat, and then add other ingredients, turn to low heat and continue to cook for about an hour.

Step 7: cook until the rice is soft and glutinous, the beans are crisp and rotten, and when the porridge becomes thick, put in an appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Step 8: boil over low heat until the rock sugar melts.

Materials required:

Rice: 40g

Glutinous rice: 40g

Xiaomi: 40g

Black rice: 40g

Red kidney bean: 40g

Peanut: 40g

Lotus seed: 40g

Mung bean: 40g

Red beans: 40g

Peas: 40g

Walnut: 6

Jujube: 6

Raisins: 10g

Longan: 10 capsules

Soybeans: 20g

Black beans: 20g

Chestnuts: 8

Job's tears: 20g

Rock sugar: 5

Water: moderate

Note: 1, weight is a general, I grab a small amount of each ingredient. Laba porridge doesn't need so many ingredients. Seven or eight kinds are enough. Nowadays, supermarkets have prepared raw materials for Laba porridge every year near Laba Festival, which can be purchased directly or matched according to their own eating habits. 2. Beans are hard, not easy to cook, need to soak in advance. 3. Beans and chestnuts are difficult to cook, so you have to cook them first. The main purpose of adding ingredients in batches is to avoid cooking at the same time. At the same time, some ingredients are too soft and rotten, while others are not cooked. The taste is very hard, which affects the overall taste of porridge. 4. It's easier to use electric pressure cooker, but the taste and taste will be worse. I like the porridge cooked slowly in casserole. It tastes very fragrant! This time, because the casserole is stewing other things, I chose to use this casserole to cook. The advantage of this casserole is that it gathers heat very much. It has the same strong heat preservation function as casserole. The disadvantage is that it is easy to stick to the casserole like many casseroles. So when it is a little sticky, I must stir while cooking. 5. Like sweet put some rock sugar seasoning, in fact, do not put also can, raisins, longan, chestnuts and dates taste very sweet.

Production difficulty: simple

Process: boiling

Production time: several hours

Taste: sweet

Chinese PinYin : La Ba Zhou