Name: Family Reunion with Waxed Lotus Leaf Rice
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 30 capsules Lotus seed; 5 tbsp corn kernels; 1/2 root carrot; 2 pieces Cantonese sausage; 1 sheet Lotus leaf; 2 cups Rice; 2 tbsp Oyster sauce; 3 tablespoons Soy sauce; Some pepper; 2 tbsp Secret Braised Sauce; 2 tbsp sesame oil

Family Reunion with Waxed Lotus Leaf Rice

by KL Le Yoyo

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Next week will be the Spring Festival, and in a blink of an eye, time passed quickly; I remember last year because the air ticket to Kuala Lumpur was very expensive, so I went back to Shanghai for the New Year. Originally, my husband was going to Kuala Lumpur to celebrate the Chinese New Year, but I stayed in Kuala Lumpur for a while; finally I went back to Shanghai to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

I didn't know how the Chinese New Year was celebrated when I didn't come to Shanghai before. I always felt that it must be more lively than my hometown; but after I came to Shanghai, I found that the Chinese New Year was not as lively as I imagined. On the contrary, my husband said that the Lunar New Year in my hometown is more lively than in China, and talked about the Lunar New Year in my hometown; in fact, there will be lion dances in various places, especially in the countryside. Lion dance is a family-by-household dance, so it will be special The excitement.

The shops, squares, and market places in the city center will also invite lion dance troupes to dance in various shops, which means business is booming. On the first day of the New Year in Shanghai, apart from the lion dance on the pedestrian street for a while, there is no Chinese New Year atmosphere in other places; so my husband said that this is the Spring Festival in Shanghai.

Speaking of this [La Mei lotus leaf rice], in fact, this lotus leaf rice is indispensable in festive banquets, such as wedding or birthday banquets; I specially used soaked rice, which was fried and steamed directly in the pot for an hour , So that the rice can more absorb the fragrance of the lotus leaf. If you fry the cooked rice and put it in the lotus leaf and steam it for 15 minutes, but I don’t think it tastes so fragrant.

Chinese New Year is about family reunion together, talking and laughing especially happy; also make good use of these few days of holiday to spend the Spring Festival with family. "

Family Reunion with Waxed Lotus Leaf Rice

1. Dice carrots and sausages for later use. Mix well with oyster sauce, light soy sauce, braised honey sauce, pepper and sesame oil as seasonings.

Family Reunion with Waxed Lotus Leaf Rice recipe

2. Wash the rice and lotus seeds and soak them for two hours. The water must be less than that of the rice; after soaking, discard the excess water and set aside.

3. Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot to boil, rinse the lotus leaves with water and put it in the pot.

4. After the lotus leaves are boiled, they can be taken out for use after they become soft. There is no need to boil them in water for a long time.

5. Put the sausages in a cold pan, slowly heat up and stir-fry on low heat.

6. As the sausage is easy to scorch, stir-fry on low heat until you smell the aroma.

7. Add corn kernels, diced carrots and soaked lotus seeds. You can add all the lotus seeds and stir fry or leave about 10-15 for garnish.

8. After the ingredients are added, stir-fry on medium-low heat for 1 minute.

9. Add the soaked rice.

10. Add the seasoning.

11. Turn off the heat after five minutes of stir-frying.

12. Put the soft-boiled lotus leaves into a large bowl. The edges of the lotus leaves can be trimmed slightly; this way they will not be too big.

13. After the lotus leaves are trimmed, put in the fried rice, compact with a spoon and put the remaining lotus seeds on the surface for decoration.

14. Fold up the lotus leaf on the side, don't put a toothpick to tie the fold of the lotus leaf tightly.

15. Put it in a heated steamer and steam on medium heat for an hour.

16. After the lotus leaf rice is steamed, take it out of the steamer and take out the toothpicks to eat.

Tips:
-The lotus leaf does not need to be boiled in hot water for a long time, just boil it softly.
-Sausages tend to scorch when they are fried, so they must be slowly heated in a cold pan over low heat.
-Corn kernels and diced carrots can use frozen corn kernels sold in supermarkets.
-Pour out the excess water after the rice is soaked, no need to drain.
-Since the rice is steamed directly in the pot, the steaming time is slightly longer than that of lotus leaf rice made with rice.
-Many people ask me how to make the secret braised sauce. Actually they can be bought in supermarkets; you can also use dark soy sauce instead, but the dark soy sauce is too salty and not fragrant. I suggest using this secret braised sauce as one Seasoning.