Laba Congee

Name: Laba Congee
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 40g Rice; 40g Glutinous rice; 40g Millet; 40g black rice; 40g Red kidney beans; 40g peanut; 40g Lotus seed; 40g green beans; 40g red beans; 40g pea; 6 walnut; 6 capsules Red dates; 10g raisin; 10 capsules Longan; 20g soy; 20g Black beans; 8 chestnut; 20g Barley rice; 5 capsules crystal sugar; Some water

by The cat who doesn't want to go downstairs

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

2h

Serving

2

The December of the lunar calendar is also called the twelfth lunar month, so the eighth day of the December of the lunar calendar is also commonly known as the Laba. I remember there was a jingle when I was young: Don’t be greedy, kids, Laba is the new year. After Laba, the taste will become more intense in the next year. When I was young, I didn't like the Laba festival as much as I was looking forward to the New Year. You can enlarge the holiday during the New Year without going to school. There are a lot of snacks and delicacies, as well as new clothes and new year's money. More importantly, as long as you don’t go to the house to reveal the lawlessness during the Chinese New Year, the adults who cause a little misfortune will not fix you. It can be of the nature.

Now that the years are getting older, I have lost interest in all festivals. The only thing I keep is the unabated love for the deliciousness of each festival. Therefore, of course, you must drink Laba porridge during the Laba Festival! When preparing the ingredients, I found that the variety of cereals at home is really rich! I grabbed a handful of everything except the rice, glutinous rice, millet, black rice, red kidney beans, walnuts, peanuts, lotus seeds, red dates, raisins, and longans on the tray. Later, soy beans, mung beans, black beans, red beans, barley rice, peas and chestnuts were found, a total of 18 kinds.

In the cold Laba Festival, boil a pot of fragrant Laba porridge, and drink a bowl with salted duck eggs and Laba garlic. It is both suitable for the scene and warming up! "

Laba Congee

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 longans, 20 grams of soybeans, 40 grams of mung beans, 20 grams of black beans, 40 grams of red beans, 8 chestnuts, 20 grams of barley rice, 40 grams of peas, 5 crystal sugars, and a proper amount of water.

2. Soak red kidney beans, peanuts, soybeans, mung beans, black beans, red beans, barley rice, and peas, which are hard and not easy to cook, overnight in water.

3. Wash the rice, glutinous rice, millet, black rice, barley rice, and lotus seeds, add water to soak for three hours, and peel off the chestnuts and longan.

4. Wash the red dates, remove the pit, and cut into strips.

5. Soak the chestnuts and peel them.

6. Put red kidney beans, peanuts, soybeans, mung beans, black beans, red beans, barley rice, peas, chestnuts, and other hard-to-cook ingredients into the pot. Add appropriate amount of water and cook until half-cooked. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Turn to low heat and continue to cook for about an hour.

7. Cook until the rice grains are soft and waxy, the beans are crispy, and when the porridge thickens, add a proper amount of rock sugar.

8. Simmer on low heat until the rock sugar melts.

Tips:
1. The weight is approximate, I grab a handful of each ingredient. Laba porridge doesn't need so many ingredients, just seven or eight kinds. Nowadays, every year near the Laba Festival, supermarkets have prepared Laba porridge ingredients that can be purchased directly, or you can match them according to your own eating habits.

2. Beans are hard and hard to cook, so they need to be soaked in advance.

3. Beans and chestnuts are more difficult to cook, so they must be cooked first. Adding ingredients in batches in this way is mainly to prevent some ingredients from being cooked too soft and rotten at the same time while some ingredients are not cooked and taste very hard, which affects the overall taste of the porridge.

4. Use an electric pressure cooker or it is easier, but the taste and taste will be worse. My favorite is the porridge cooked slowly in a casserole, the taste is very fragrant! This time I chose to use this pot for cooking because the casserole is stewed with other things. The advantage of this pot is that it heats up very much. It has a strong insulation function like the casserole. The disadvantage is that it is easy to stick to the pot like many pots, so it is a little sticky. When it is thick, be sure to stir while cooking.

5. If you like sweetness, put some rock sugar to taste. In fact, you can leave it alone. Raisins, longans, chestnuts and red dates taste very sweet.