Honey glutinous rice lotus root

Overview

Honey-glazed glutinous rice lotus root, glutinous rice filled with lotus root, carefully prepared with osmanthus sauce and red dates. It is a unique Chinese dessert in the traditional Jiangnan cuisine. It enjoys a reputation for its sweetness, crispness and rich osmanthus aroma. Hangzhou's sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root is soft and sweet, and the lotus root from West Lake is the best among lotus roots. The equally famous Nanjing osmanthus-sweet lotus root is known as the four most humane street snacks in Jinling and Nanjing, together with sweet-scented osmanthus and taro seedlings, plum blossom cake, and red bean fermented dumplings.

Tags

• cold dishes
• ice products
• brown sugar
• glutinous rice
• honey
• jujube
• lotus root
• rock sugar
• white sugar

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the glutinous rice and soak it in water for 2-3 hours. Wash lotus root

   

2. 2 Wash the lotus root and remove the skin

   

3. 3 Use a knife to cut off two or three centimeters from one end of the lotus root and the lotus root pedicle, leaving it as a lid. Fill the soaked glutinous rice into the lotus root, and use chopsticks to make it firmer while filling.

   

4. 4 Put glutinous rice into the lotus root eyes.

   

5. 5 Cover the lotus root stems with the lid and secure the seal with toothpicks.

   

6. 6 Put the stuffed glutinous rice lotus roots into a pressure cooker, pour water to cover the lotus roots, and add brown sugar, red dates, and rock sugar inside.

   

7. 7 After steaming for 25 minutes, the cooked glutinous rice and lotus roots are taken out and allowed to cool slightly before being sliced and eaten

   

8. 8 When eating, drizzle the honey juice mixed with sugar osmanthus and honey on top. It tastes delicious.