Sweet and Soft Glutinous Rice Lotus Root

Name: Sweet and Soft Glutinous Rice Lotus Root
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 section Fresh lotus root; Some Glutinous rice; 8 Red dates; Some brown sugar; a little starch

by Life fast

4.8 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

15m

Serving

2

Lotus root is a familiar ingredient. It is nutritious and has numerous benefits.
Glutinous rice lotus root is simple and easy to make, and it can be made successfully with zero foundation~
The soft and glutinous and sweet, because of the characteristics of "broken lotus roots", it also means that the family is "closely connected and never separated" ~ the color is bright and red, which means that the days of the coming year are "prosperous."
Hurry up and include this dish as an alternative menu for the New Year's Eve dinner! "

Ingredients

1 section Fresh Lotus Root
Some Glutinous Rice
8 Red Dates
Some Brown Sugar
a little Starch

Sweet and Soft Glutinous Rice Lotus Root

1. The glutinous rice is washed and soaked for 3 hours in advance, and the rice grains are broken by lightly pressing with your fingers, and the glutinous rice is soaked.

Sweet and Soft Glutinous Rice Lotus Root recipe

2. Wash the lotus root and peel it off, and cut off a 1 cm wide piece of lotus root on the upper and lower ends.

3. Use chopsticks to fill each lotus root hole with glutinous rice.

4. Each large hole on the upper and lower sides of the lotus root should be filled with glutinous rice.

5. Fix the two pieces previously cut to their original positions with toothpicks.

6. Put the lotus root filled with glutinous rice into an electric pressure cooker and add an appropriate amount of water.

7. Pour the brown sugar into the electric pressure cooker.

8. Wash the red dates, remove the pits, and pour them into an electric pressure cooker.

9. Close the lid tightly, select the bean / tendon function, and select the soft taste. Click on start to display the cooking process, and you can wait to eat the sweet and soft glutinous lotus root.

10. The cooked glutinous rice and lotus roots are best soaked in the soup for a while, so that it will be more delicious. Then slice into a plate, take a tablespoon of boiled glutinous rice and lotus root soup and pour it into a wok, boil on high heat, add water starch, the soup is thick, turn off the heat, and pour it on the lotus root slices. The beautiful and delicious glutinous rice lotus root is finished~

Tips:
The amount of sugar added can be increased or decreased according to personal preference. White sugar/rock sugar can also be added. Finally, it is not necessary to thicken the juice. It is also delicious when it is topped with honey and sprinkled with a little sweet-scented osmanthus~