Laba Congee

Laba Congee

by Stove Sauce

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Difficulty

Easy

Time

2h

Serving

2

The term "la" at the end of the year has three meanings: one means "the waxer, pick up", which means the alternation of the old and the new (recorded in the Book of Sui etiquette); the second means "the waxer hunts together", referring to field hunting. To obtain animals and beasts to sacrifice to ancestors and gods, the "wax" is next to "meat", which is to use meat to "winter sacrifice"; the third is "waxer, greet the epidemic and welcome the spring", the Laba Festival is also called "Buddha Enlightenment Festival", also known as " In fact, this can be said to be the origin of the eighth day of December as the first day.
The Laba Festival, commonly known as "Laba", is the eighth day of December in the lunar calendar. The ancients had the tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods and praying for a good harvest. In some areas, there was a custom of drinking Laba porridge. According to legend, this day is also the day when the Buddha Sakyamuni became enlightened, so it is also called "Magic Treasure Festival" and is one of the grand Buddhist festivals.

Ingredients

Laba Congee

1. Prepare ingredients. Grab a small handful of each ingredient.

Laba Congee recipe

2. Soak red beans, white kidney beans, lotus seeds, peanuts, walnuts, and dried red dates for more than 8 hours in advance. The lotus seeds are cored, and the walnuts can be peeled.

Laba Congee recipe

3. Wash the rice, millet, glutinous rice, and black rice with the ingredients that have been soaked in advance, and then put them in a rice cooker and add enough water. Press the porridge button. The ratio of adding water is generally 1:5. If you want to be very viscous, the ratio can be adjusted to 1:3.

Laba Congee recipe

4. When the porridge is cooked until it is thick, add rock sugar until the porridge is cooked. (Laba porridge also has sweet and salty taste. If you like salty, just change the rock sugar to salt.)

Laba Congee recipe

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Laba Congee recipe

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