Steamed Lotus Root Stuffed with Glutinous Rice(gui hua nuo mi ou )

Steamed Lotus Root Stuffed with Glutinous Rice

Introduction:

"The sweet scented osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root is also called honey glutinous rice lotus root. The glutinous rice is poured into the lotus root. It is elaborately made with sweet scented osmanthus sauce and red dates. It is a unique Chinese dessert in the traditional dishes of Jiangnan. It enjoys a good reputation for its sweet, crisp and rich aroma of sweet scented osmanthus. Hangzhou sweet scented osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root is soft and sweet, and west lake lotus root is the best of lotus root. The famous Nanjing sweet scented osmanthus honey lotus root is also known as the four most humane street snacks in Nanjing, together with "sweet scented osmanthus sweet potato seedling, plum blossom cake, red bean wine small round". It is recorded in Shennong materia medica classic that lotus root "nourishes the mind, replenishes Qi, eliminates all kinds of diseases, takes it for a long time, lightens the body and endures aging." According to traditional Chinese medicine, lotus root is cold and sweet in nature. It enters the heart, liver, spleen and stomach meridians. It can be divided into raw and cooked, and its properties are different. Raw lotus root is cold in nature, sweet and cool in the stomach, which can generate fluid and quench thirst, disperse blood stasis and heat, cool blood and stop vomiting. Therefore, women should not eat raw lotus root after childbirth, but they should not avoid it. Cooked lotus root emphasizes the functions of benefiting stomach and spleen, nourishing blood and tonifying deficiency. Therefore, eating cooked lotus root is good for the elderly, especially those with weak spleen and stomach. Because there are about 2% tannin and asparagine in the nodes between the segments of lotus root, its hemostatic and astringent effect is stronger than that of fresh lotus root, and it can also detoxify crab venom. Lotus root: in tuber food, lotus root has high iron content, so it is quite suitable for patients with iron deficiency anemia. Lotus root is not very high in sugar, but also contains a lot of vitamin C and dietary fiber. It is very beneficial for people with liver disease, constipation, diabetes and other weak diseases. Rich in iron, calcium and other trace elements, plant protein, vitamins and starch content is also very rich, has obvious tonic Qi and blood, enhance human immunity. Lotus root is also rich in vitamin K, which can contract blood vessels and blood. For congestion, hematemesis, hematemesis, hematuria, hematochezia and maternal very suitable. Lotus root can also eliminate heat and heat, which is a good food for eliminating heat. Glutinous rice: glutinous rice contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin and starch. It is rich in nutrition and is a kind of warm and strong food. It has the effect of Tonifying the middle and Qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and stopping deficiency sweating. It can relieve deficiency cold of spleen and stomach, poor appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea. Glutinous rice has astringent effect and good dietotherapy effect on frequent urination and night sweating . Osmanthus fragrans: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Osmanthus fragrans has good medicinal value. The ancients said that osmanthus is the best medicine, so the wine brewed with osmanthus can achieve the effect of "drinking for thousands of years". Osmanthus fragrans is warm and pungent in nature. It enters the lung and large intestine meridians and is taken orally by decocting soup, making tea or soaking wine. It has the functions of dispersing cold, warming stomach and relieving pain, resolving phlegm and stasis. It has certain curative effect on anorexia, phlegm and asthma, hemorrhoids, dysentery and abdominal pain due to amenorrhea. Black tea is warm in nature, has the function of warming the spleen and stomach, helping digestion, can promote appetite; brown sugar has the effect of Supplementing Qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, expelling wind and dispersing cold, promoting blood circulation and removing stasis, especially suitable for puerpera, children and anemia. Therefore, people with deficiency cold of spleen and stomach and weak function of spleen and stomach can drink osmanthus tea appropriately to warm their stomach. But people with symptoms such as burning pain in the epigastric cavity, dry mouth, hunger but not want to eat, yellow urine and sticky stool are not suitable for drinking

Production steps:

Step 1: soak glutinous rice in water for one day in advance, wash lotus root and set aside.

Step 2: peel the lotus root, cut off two or three centimeters with a knife at one end of the lotus root together with the lotus root stalk, leave it as a cover, and then flush the lotus root eye with water to avoid sediment and drain water.

Step 3: fill the soaked glutinous rice into lotus root eyes.

Step 4: fill in while poking with chopsticks.

Step 5: fill each lotus root eye with glutinous rice.

Step 6: cover the lotus root pedicel and seal it with toothpick.

Step 7: put the lotus root in the pot, pour in water, the amount of water should be over the lotus root, and then put the dates and lotus seeds in the pot.

Step 8: pour in brown sugar. Add some rock sugar.

Step 9: cover the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, and cook over low heat for about 2 hours.

Step 10: after cooking, let it cool naturally. It's better to soak for a while. It's especially tasty.

Step 11: cool thoroughly, slice and pour with sweet scented osmanthus sauce.

Materials required:

Lotus root: 100g

Glutinous rice: 100g

Lotus seed: 10

Brown sugar: 50g

Rock sugar: right amount

Sweet scented osmanthus sauce: right amount

Note: if you want to taste better, you can put an appropriate amount of sweet scented osmanthus paste in the pot and cook it with lotus root; you can also boil the skin of lotus root, then peel and slice it to eat; if you make a large amount at a time, you can cut as much as you like each time, and the remaining lotus root can be packed with fresh-keeping bags, and can be stored in the refrigerator for about 4-5 days; I don't waste the remaining soup, and I drink it It's delicious.

Production difficulty: simple

Process: boiling

Production time: several hours

Taste: other

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