Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root

Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root

Overview

I have long wanted to make this famous Jiangnan dish, but I have never been too lazy to make it. I had time to practice today. Instead of using a pressure cooker, I cooked it in a rice cooker. It was really delicious.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Wash the glutinous rice in advance and soak it for more than 2 hours.

    Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root step 1

  2. Soak the glutinous rice, wash the lotus roots, remove the skin, and cut off 2 cm of the lotus root

    Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root step 2

  3. Pour the soaked glutinous rice into the small holes of the lotus root. Fill every small hole and tamp it firmly with chopsticks.

    Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root step 3

  4. Fix the cut lotus root head with toothpicks.

    Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root step 4

  5. Prepare brown sugar, rock sugar and red dates. The amounts of these ingredients can be adjusted to personal taste.

    Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root step 5

  6. Put all the ingredients into a rice cooker, add lotus root segments, and add water equal to the lotus root. Cover the rice cooker and turn on the rice cooker button. After boiling, cook for 1 hour. After cooking, do not move and soak in heat for more than 4 hours.

    Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root step 6

  7. Take out the lotus roots. If you like darker color, you can pour some lotus root boiling soup over it

    Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root step 7

  8. Let cool and slice, don't cut too thin.

    Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root step 8

  9. Pour some osmanthus sugar on it.

    Rock sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and lotus root step 9