At the end of May, the green lotus leaves in the lake pond are very beautiful, and they all say that there are many lakes in our hometown where the mountains eat mountains and rely on the water, not only there are many freshwater fish and crayfish crabs, but also the lotus root lotus roots with lotus seeds and other aquatic specialties grown in the water are also very rich.
These aquatic products are delicious after cooking, lotus root is very homely bubble lotus belt this year is also very hot, summer refreshing lotus seed soup is a good choice, many people may pay attention to these ingredients, forget that these ingredients are adjacent to or related to the lotus leaf is also an accessory to cooking food.
In the past in May and June when the tradition of the hometown is to use lotus leaf steamed steamed buns, not only very fragrant even the taste is more soft, today on the lake to pick a few pieces of fresh lotus leaves, try to learn Cantonese people to make poached rice, quite simple method did not expect but fragrant neighbors, even the previous picky eaters are eating in one breath to support, take everyone to see how to do it together.
Lotus leaf wrapped rice
【Ingredients】: 200 grams of rice, 50 grams of glutinous rice, 20 grams of ham, 20 grams of shiitake mushrooms, 20 grams of corn, 20 grams of carrots, dried shrimp
【Spices】: ginger garlic, soy sauce, salt, chicken essence, beef sauce, green onion
Production process:
1. The glutinous rice is soaked in water one hour in advance, and after the time, the rice is washed and put into the rice cooker to steam, and the rice cooker is heated for 10 minutes after simmering to keep it drier.
2. Prepare the ingredients ham and shiitake mushroom slices, corn kernels and carrot kernels are also ready for later, ginger garlic and shallots chopped into minced.
3. Stir the steamed rice loosely in the rice cooker, add cooking oil to the pot and stir-fry with beef sauce, ginger and garlic, then add white rice and stir-fry.
4. After frying for about 2 minutes, the rice grains are clearly grained, and then put the other side dishes into it, and constantly shovel and adjust the small heat to simmer a little.
5. Finally, the seasoned salt soy sauce chicken essence is put in turn, stir-fried to balance the color and then sprinkle with green onions, wrap in washed lotus leaves and press the tether, steam for about 18 minutes to open and taste.
Finished product: fragrant lotus leaf rice, from the ingredients to the rice grains are quite flavorful, our family is divided into three separate steaming, so that each person one, no longer need any next meal with a bowl of clear soup can be directly solved, there is a soft sticky feeling and lotus leaf fragrance support is too delicious.
Cooking Tips:
One: After picking the lotus leaves home, soak them in hot salt water for about 30 minutes, and then rinse them twice with water and then use them again, so that one is cleaner, and the hot water will make the lotus leaves softer when the rice is not easy to break.
Two: glutinous rice and ordinary rice characteristics are not the same, so our family is accustomed to steaming glutinous rice in advance to soak a night, this time because of the frying so only soaked for an hour, the water in the rice cooker is also appropriate to reduce a throw, so that the rice is slightly harder, so that the state of the grain is easier to achieve.
Three: And the rice in the lotus leaf rice because of the reduction of water, basically maintained in a state of about 7 minutes cooked, so that after being put into the lotus leaf, it is completely steamed in the process of steaming on high heat, which not only can better absorb the aroma of the lotus leaf, but also makes it merge with the rice more thoroughly and better.
Conclusion: The fragrance of fresh lotus leaves is the focus of this rice package, eating is this fragrance, the method is simple mainly controlled to the extent of steaming rice, reduce the amount of water to maintain a certain clamp hard, steamed to be more delicious, there are shrimp rice mushroom ham and other ingredients enrich the taste of rice, or more delicious, if there is a condition to pick the lotus leaves then everyone can also try to do it, if there are other methods or ideas also welcome to leave a message in the comment area.