Name: Bazhen Cake
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 100g Glutinous rice flour; 100g Japonica rice flour; 50g Cooked Coix Seed Rice Noodles; 50g Jianlianzi; 50g White Gorgon Powder; 50g White lentil flour; 50g Yam powder; 50g Poria powder; 5g (not used in the recipe) Ginseng powder; 100g Sugar

Bazhen Cake

by meggy dancing apple

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Bazhen Cake is a kind of pastry. The ingredients include Codonopsis, Poria, Raw Atractylodes, Lentils, Lotus Seed Meat, Raw Barley, Raw Yam, Gorgon, White Rice Noodles, White Sugar, Jiang Rice Noodles, etc. The formula is suitable for most people. Investigating its roots, Bazhen Cake originated in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It was specially formulated for Emperor Qianlong by the imperial physician at that time. It was divided into two types according to his age and body: the one that strengthens the spleen and eliminates accumulation and the one that replenishes vitality.
As we all know, Qianlong enthroned at the age of 25 and reigned for sixty years. After the Zen throne, he served as the Supreme Emperor for three years and four months. He is the longest-lived emperor in Chinese history. The reason why Emperor Qianlong lived to be 89 years old was that in addition to his daily martial arts practice, he also paid great attention to health preservation. This Bazhen cake is actually a small medicine for daily maintenance. The basic prescriptions are: Poria, White Lentils, Lotus Seed Meat, Barley, Chinese Yam, Gorgon. The other two medicines of Bazhen Cake eaten by Qianlong when he was young were hawthorn and malt, which were used for digestion and accumulation; when he was old, he used ginseng and codonopsis for the purpose of strengthening the body.
Why does "Bazhen Cake" have such a magical effect? It is mainly due to its eight kinds of traditional Chinese medicine for both medicine and food. Fangzhong Fuling can invigorate the spleen, nourish the middle, calm the mind and calm the nerves, diminish water and dampness. Gorgon can nourish the spleen and stop diarrhea, nourish the heart and kidney, nourish the middle and nourish qi, nourish and strengthen the stomach, regulate qi, and appetite. Barley can invigorate the spleen and appetite, nourish the middle and remove dampness. Yam can invigorate the spleen and stomach, benefit the lungs and kidneys, replenish deficiency and work, and dispel rheumatism. Lentils can nourish qi, nourish the kidney and invigorate the stomach. Lotus seeds can invigorate the spleen, nourish the heart, replenish the qi and strengthen the aspiration, strengthen the bones and muscles, replenish deficiency and damage, and benefit the stomach. "

Bazhen Cake

1. 8 kinds of materials are ready, the ratio can be adjusted slightly, ginseng is contraindicated for different groups of people, and it is not necessary to put it;

2. The lotus seed core is very bitter and must be removed;

3. Put the granular material in the wall breaking machine and crush it into powder;

4. Sift the ingredients into a large bowl, and the sifted residue can be beaten again; put it into a large bowl with glutinous rice flour, japonica rice flour, sugar, and appropriate amount of cold water; the original 200g white powdered sugar, I reduce it to 100g;

5. Stir evenly with chopsticks, and add the amount of water until it becomes a thick paste;

6. Prepare a heat-resistant container, put a layer of lard or vegetable oil on the inner wall, pour the paste into it, and scrape the surface flat;

7. Put it into the steamer or steamer; the steamer will not have water vapor dripping on the food surface, and the steamer will have water vapor dripping on the food, so it can be covered with plastic wrap to prevent surface water from collapsing;

8. After it is out of the oven, it will be inverted and released from the mold when it is warm. Cut into the shape you like, drizzle a little honey on the surface and sprinkle a little rose petals for decoration.

9. Palace snacks, Bazhen cakes!

Tips:
1. Bazhen powder can be bought in pharmacies ready-made, or you can buy semi-finished products and grind them into powder by yourself;
2. Ginseng is a relatively expensive medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. It is mainly used for patients with severe qi deficiency, insufficient vitality, and long-term illness. People with warm nature, cold and fever, sore swelling and poison, and yin deficiency and dryness are still prohibited from taking ginseng, so I did not put ginseng powder in the Bazhen cake. Please consult a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine for what kind of constitution you can take ginseng.