Lily Cake - Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion Pastry

Overview

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I wish all the experts and team members in the food world a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Today, let’s make a festive dessert [Lily Cake] to commemorate the festival, so that guests, relatives and friends at home can be reunited and reunited for a hundred years. This season is when lilies are on the market, which can bring nourishing and beautifying effects to the body in this hot summer. The efficacy of lily has been recorded for more than 2,000 years. It was first recorded in books such as "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", "Rihua Yu Materia Medica" and "Compendium of Materia Medica". Its nature is sweet and slightly cold, and it returns to the lungs. It can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs, clear the heart and calm the mind. It is mainly used to treat lung-heat cough, fatigue, palpitations, insomnia and dreaminess. It has been tested that lily bulbs contain colchicine and other alkaloids, as well as starch, protein, fat and other substances. With in-depth research on the chemical composition and pharmacological effects of lily, the range of lily's medicinal effects has become wider, and its main effects are as follows. [Anti-cancer] Lily contains many active alkaloids, which can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells; it has obvious anti-cancer effects. Studies have confirmed that eating lilies can help strengthen physical fitness, inhibit the growth of tumor cells, and alleviate radiotherapy reactions. For example, adding barley can improve anti-cancer capabilities. [Enhance immune function] The proteins, amino acids and polysaccharides in lily can improve the body's immunity. [Sedation and Hypnosis] Lily contains lilytonin, which has sedative and hypnotic effects. Experiments have shown that taking Lily Decoction before going to bed every night can significantly improve sleep and improve sleep quality. [Anti-fatigue] Lily contains a variety of nutrients, such as minerals, vitamins, etc. These substances can promote the body's nutritional metabolism, enhance the body's ability to resist fatigue and hypoxia, and at the same time remove harmful substances from the body and delay aging. [Protect the gastric mucosa] Lily contains pectin and phospholipids, which can protect the gastric mucosa and treat gastric diseases after taking it.

Tags

• pastries
• children
• festival customs
• mid-autumn festival
• glutinous rice flour
• rice flour
• fresh lily
• powdered sugar
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash fresh lilies and break into pieces.

   

2. 2 Cook the lilies in a pot of hot boiling water over low heat for 5 minutes.

   

3. 3 Take out the cooked lilies. Soak in a bowl of cold water to cool.

   

4. 4 After the lilies have cooled, drain and set aside.

   

5. 5 Weigh the glutinous rice flour, rice flour and powdered sugar together into a bowl and mix well.

   

6. 6 Then pour in water.

   

7. 7 Immediately after the water is poured in, use your hands to knead the powder and water and mix evenly.

   

8. 8 Mix well.

   

9. 9 Use a sieve to sift the flour into another bowl.

   

10. 10 This step will take a little longer because the powder mixed with water is rough,

    

11. 11 When sifting, just use a spoon to keep turning it in the sieve. The steamed lily cake sifted out in this step will be very delicate.

    

12. 12 Add the sifted cake flour to the drained lilies.

    

13. 13 Mix gently with your hands.

    

14. 14 Prepare the steamer, I use rice dumpling leaves as the bottom.

    

15. 15 Put the mixed cake powder into the cage. After placing it, use a spoon to slightly compact the cake powder. No need to press very hard.

    

16. 16 Pour boiling water into a pot over high heat and steam for 20 minutes.

    

17. 17 After the lily cake is steamed, take it out from the pot. After it cools down slightly, you can use a mold or direct cutting method to cut out the lily cake and eat it. It is recommended that it tastes better when eaten hot.