Osmanthus Lotus Rice
1.
Soak glutinous rice for 2-3 hours in advance
2.
Wash the fresh lotus root to remove the skin.
3.
Cut off two or three centimeters near the lotus root joint and save it as a lid.
4.
Fill the lotus root with the glutinous rice that has been soaked. While filling, use chopsticks to make it firmer.
5.
Put the glutinous rice in the lotus root eyes, cover the cut off lotus root, and fix the seal with a toothpick.
6.
Prepare brown sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus. The amount of sugar is added according to personal taste, and rock sugar can also be added.
7.
Put the stuffed glutinous rice and lotus root in a pot, pour water over the lotus root, put brown sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus in it, boil it on high heat, turn to low heat and cook for 1.5-2 hours.
8.
The cooked glutinous rice and lotus root are very good in color and fragrance.
9.
After cooling, it can be sliced and eaten.
10.
Serve it on a plate, you can pour honey on it when you eat it, it's delicious.
Tips:
Lotus root: Among the tuber foods, the lotus root is rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium, and also contains a lot of vitamin C and dietary fiber. It is also rich in plant protein, vitamins and starch. It can obviously replenish qi and blood and enhance human immunity. It is suitable for patients with iron deficiency anemia.
Glutinous rice: Glutinous rice contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin and starch, etc. It is rich in nutrients and is a warming and strengthening food; it can nourish the middle and nourish qi, invigorate the spleen and stomach , It has the effect of relieving deficiency and sweating, and has a certain relief effect on spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, poor appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea.
Chinese medicine believes that Osmanthus fragrans is warm in nature and pungent in taste. It enters the lungs and large intestine meridian, and has good medicinal value. It has the effects of warming the middle and dispelling cold, warming the stomach and relieving pain, resolving phlegm and dispelling silt.
