【Jiangsu】Osmanthus, glutinous rice and lotus root

Overview

Osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root, also known as honey-glazed glutinous rice lotus root, is one of the famous traditional snacks in the Jiangnan region. Glutinous rice is filled with lotus roots, carefully prepared with osmanthus sauce and red dates. It is a unique Chinese dessert among the traditional dishes in the Jiangnan region. It enjoys a reputation for its sweetness, crispness and rich osmanthus aroma. This sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root dish is simmered over slow fire. The fragrance of the glutinous rice and the sweetness of the red dates are cooked little by little into the lotus root, and finally topped with the fragrant sugar osmanthus. Making this dish for New Year’s Eve dinner will surely amaze everyone. I was afraid that I would not be able to control the heat properly when cooking glutinous rice and lotus root over low heat, so I used an electric pressure cooker to cook it.

Tags

• cold dishes
• home cooking
• brown sugar
• glutinous rice
• jujube
• lotus root
• osmanthus honey
• rock sugar
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Soak the glutinous rice for more than 2 hours in advance, peel and wash the lotus root

   

2. 2 Cut off the tip of the lotus root diagonally, rinse the lotus root hole with a faucet, and use chopsticks to wash it

   

3. 3 Use chopsticks to stuff the soaked glutinous rice into the lotus root holes to firm up the rice grains

   

4. 4 Insert the cut lotus root tip and the lotus root filled with rice with three toothpicks

   

5. 5 Put the lotus root into the Joyoung electric pressure cooker, add brown sugar and rock sugar

   

6. 6 Pour in the water that has covered the lotus roots, and add the washed red dates

   

7. 7 Electric pressure cooker selects stew function and standard taste

   

8. 8 Cook, let cool, slice into slices and sprinkle with osmanthus honey

   

9. 9 You can also pour honey