"Picking lotuses in the autumn of Nantang, lotus flowers over people's heads." Look down at the lotus seeds, and the lotus seeds are as clear as water. ”
Talking about Chinese lotus seeds, On Jianlian, Hunan Xianglian, and Zhejiang Xuanlian are the most famous, and are called the three major lotus seeds in China. Among them, Jianlian is known as Gonglian, which is a royal treasure of all generations and occupies an important place in the history of royal tribute.
Jianlian is a local traditional product in Jianning County, Fujian Province. Jianning has a long history of planting lotuses, five generations of Liang Longdechu (921 AD), in front of the Baoguo Temple in Jinyi Mountain, there is already a white lotus pond (one of the eight scenic spots of Jianning).
In the Qing Dynasty, Jianning White Lotus was already famous, and Cao Xueqin's "Dream of the Red Chamber" had it: "The little girl used a small tea tray to hold a bowl of Jianlian red jujube soup, and Bao Yu drank two sips." ”
In the "History of Ru LinWai" written by Wu Jingzi in the Qing Dynasty, there are: "Fried some longan lotus seed soup, took it to the bed, helped it up and ate with him" and so on. Folk have always regarded Jianlian as a precious tonic, which is deeply cherished by people, and lotus dishes are prepared at rich banquets in ancient and modern times.
In 1984, WHEN US President Ronald Reagan visited China, there was a "rock sugar silver ear jianlian" at the state banquet. In 1990, it was confirmed as the symbol product of the Eleventh Asian Games. In March 1995, Jianning County was named "China's Jianlian Town" by the Organizing Committee of the First Batch of 100 Chinese Specialties Townships led by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Jianlian is widely used, full of treasure, with spleen, nourishing heart and kidneys and other effects, the main treatment of spleen deficiency diarrhea, physical fatigue and other diseases, is a better nourishing heart and tranquility tonic. Here's a lotus dish:
Ingredients: 10 lotus seeds, 2 peeled eggs, 100 grams of chicken breast, 1 egg white, 100 grams of lotus root, 2 tomatoes, 1 celery, 2 red cherries, salt, rice wine, green pigment, green onion and ginger juice, starch, clear soup, etc.
Preparation Method:
1: Wash the lotus seeds into a pot and cook, chop the chicken breast into mushrooms, add salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine, green onion ginger juice and green pigment and stir
2: Put in an oiled mold, insert the cooked lotus seeds into a lotus shape and put it in the steamer basket to steam and set aside
3: Then wash and shell the peeled egg and cut it into a goldfish shape, and cut the cherry into two to make the eyes of the goldfish
4: Wash and cut the tomatoes into the shape of lotus petals, wash and cut the lotus root into slices, and marinate them with salt
5. Finally, the above materials are plated according to the goldfish lotus pattern, and then the water starch is hooked