Name: Laba Congee
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Some Glutinous rice; Some Millet; Some Rice; Some raisin; Some Wolfberry; Some Pinto beans; Some red beans; Some Lotus seed; Some Red dates; Some Peanuts; Some crystal sugar

Laba Congee

by Tianshan Cocoa

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

15m

Serving

Laba porridge is a kind of porridge made with various ingredients during the Laba Festival, also called Qibao Wuwei porridge. Laba porridge comes from Tianzhu, India. The eighth day of December in the lunar calendar is the anniversary of the Buddha's enlightenment. It is commonly known as the "Laba Festival" and the "Magic Treasure Festival" in Buddhism. The custom of Laba porridge is not owned by Buddhism. As a folk custom, eating Laba porridge on December 8 of the lunar calendar to celebrate the harvest has been passed down to this day. The earliest Laba porridge was cooked with red beans. After evolution and local characteristics, it gradually became more colorful. Cooking Laba porridge seems to be dealing with dietary problems. In fact, in the process of making Laba porridge, it also allows us to understand how to behave. The meanings of eating Laba porridge include: warmth, completeness, harmony, auspiciousness, health, cooperation, nutrition, indifferent, convenience, gratitude, joy (using porridge instead of tea), bonding and other meanings. "

Laba Congee

1. Ingredients: rice, glutinous rice, millet, red dates, raisins, red beans, peanuts, lotus seeds, flower beans, wolfberry, rock candy

2. Red dates, raisins, red beans, peanuts, lotus seeds, red dates, pinto beans, wolfberry fruits, pick and wash

3. Soak red beans, peanuts, lotus seeds and flower beans 3-4 hours in advance.

4. Wash the red adzuki beans, peanuts, lotus seeds and flower beans, pour them into the pot and cook until they are half-cooked

5. Then wash the rice, glutinous rice, millet and red dates, pour into the pot and cook together. When the pot is boiling, cook for 30 minutes on low heat.