In winter, what snack bar on the side of the road has the most people in front of the door? That's not sugar fried chestnuts. Sweet and soft chestnuts, after being stir-fried in iron sand, the aroma of that burst, really someone, came to one, for this winter day and added sweet warmth.
But you know what? There is also a practice of chestnuts, which was the favorite of Empress Dowager Cixi at that time, and this winter, it basically had to come to a bowl every day.
Prepare some simple ingredients (really super simple)
Chestnut Poria powder Dried osmanthus flower rock sugar osmanthus sauce or honey
Chestnuts are cut on both sides and boiled in hot water to make them easy to peel off
1: Bring raw chestnuts to a boil for 2 minutes
Tip: Before cooking, you can cut two slices of chestnuts and cook them in water, so that the skin of the chestnuts can be peeled, but it should be placed in hot water, if placed in cold water, the shell will be hard, or it will be difficult to peel.
2: Cook the chestnuts in cold water for about 8 minutes (if the chestnuts are large, cook for an extra 2 minutes.)
The cooked chestnuts are filtered through a sieve as a paste
Add water and pour into a pot and simmer and stir
3, pour into the pot (milk pot, copper pot, soup pot can be, iron pot is not recommended, easy to change color is not good)
4, add some water, rock sugar, simmer over low heat in the pot, during which time to stir non-stop
5, poria powder cold water remove, mesh filter, avoid pimples, pour into the pot
Remove the poria powder in cold water
6: Stir for 2 minutes and pour in the dried osmanthus flowers
7. In the boiling process, foam will be generated, and the foam will be skimmed off
8、 Pour in osmanthus paste (if not, you can also add some honey)
Osmanthus sauce can also be replaced with honey
9. Boil the porridge
It is as thick as porridge
10. If you want a more delicate taste, you can boil it and pour it into the bowl through gauze or sieve
Poria chestnut soup, can be used as afternoon tea, dessert, snacks, into the thermos cup, morning as a meal, afternoon on some, nutritious and healthy, in the evening, after a bite of rice, let yourself in winter, feel the sweet warmth.
Chestnuts contain a variety of nutrients that are beneficial to the human body, into the kidneys to supplement the kidneys, strengthen the spleen and stomach; poria, return to the heart, lungs, spleen, kidneys, healthy spleen, calm heart.
In winter, the earth is silent, the climate is cold, the weather is dry, it will inevitably affect our psychological emotions, we need to be nice to ourselves, let ourselves have a warm, elegant winter.