There is a long history of the origin of the Eight Treasure Rice, which is said to date back to the overthrow of the Yin Shang Dynasty by King Wu of Zhou with the help of eight sages. At the grand celebration, the imperial chef used eight kinds of treasures to make a gourmet "eight treasure rice" to reward the meritorious people. Later, it was regarded as a palace treasure and was enjoyed by the magnates of the past. Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was still exclusive to Empress Dowager Cixi, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, Cixi fled for his life, the imperial dining room was disbanded, and the method of making eight treasure rice was passed down to the people.
Today I am talking to you about the honey juice eight treasure rice, he is the last dish in the four town tables (that is, the four major pieces) of the Luoyang water seat, and it is also a rare "beet" in the water seat.
The fact that the honey sauce eight treasure rice was selected into the twenty-four dishes of the water table is also related to its beautiful meaning. The early Eight Treasure Rice was made by mixing steamed glutinous rice with sugar and lard, adding lotus seeds, red dates, preserved kumquat, cinnamon meat, honey cherries, honey winter melon, coix rice, melon seeds and other fruits, sprinkled with red and green plums. Color, fragrance and beauty, but also meaning: lotus seeds are the harmony of the Eight Treasures, symbolizing the harmony and harmony of marriage; guiyuan symbolizes reunion; kumquat symbolizes auspiciousness; red dates symbolize early birth of noble sons; honey cherry, honey winter melon symbolizes sweet honey; coix rice crane transformed into a crane, symbolizing longevity, elegance, purity; melon seed kernel is a variant of the drum plate, symbolizing the regularity of life, peace and disaster; red meisi and dragon gate are the same color, containing the meaning of encouraging enterprising and blessing smoothness; green meisi symbolizes longevity. Later, the ingredients of the Eight Treasure Rice became more and more simplified, and various colors of preserved fruits were used instead of kumquat, honey cherry, honey winter melon and red and green rose. Later, spices such as osmanthus flowers were added, implying "gold and jade full of halls" as shown in the picture
Honey juice eight treasure rice
After reading the above is not particularly appetite, color and flavor are complete, gossip less, the following will teach everyone to do it:
First of all: Ingredients : Glutinous rice, lotus seeds, red dates, fruit, dan pi, walnut kernels, raisins, sugar, barley cooking oil
Step 1. First, prepare the above ingredients completely
2. Wash the barley in clean water, put it in a basin and soak it in warm water for about 2 hours
3. Wash the lotus seeds in clean water and soak them in another basin for about 2 hours
4. Wash the glutinous rice with water, put it in a basin and soak it in warm water for about 2 hours.
5. Pour barley and lotus seeds into a pot, turn on the heat and steam in the steamer for 20-30 minutes
6. Put the glutinous rice in a pot and turn on the heat, put it in the steamer and steam for 20-30 minutes
7. After steaming, the glutinous rice particles are full, round and translucent
8. Put the glutinous rice in an appropriate amount of sugar and stir it well with a spoon
9. Drain the steamed barley/lotus seeds with gauze and keep them dry
10. Take out the prepared dates, wash them with water, remove the cores and cut them into petals
11. Dry clean the grapes, peel the cinnamon balls, cut the fruit dan peel into half-centimeter thick slices, and place the dates, lotus seeds, raisins, cinnamon balls and fruit dan peels into the bottom of the bowl in order and order.
12. Pour the steamed barley into a bowl and pour in the glutinous rice
13. Take out a spoon and press the glutinous rice firmly to keep the glutinous rice flat
14. Add walnut kernels to the glutinous rice, add another layer of glutinous rice, and flatten and compact with a spoon.
15. Steam for 20-30 minutes, smell the strong aroma and come out of the pot
16. Take a plate and buckle it on the bowl, flip it over, remove the bowl that was cut on it, and a complete eight treasure rice will be presented to you!
Is it particularly simple, do you want to taste it, if you like it, "comment like attention + forward", hurry up and make a bowl of fragrant desserts yourself!!!