In the hot summer, children have no appetite to eat, let's make a sweet and fragrant, glutinous rice lotus root that can be used as a staple food, relieve the heat and appetize, children like to eat.
1. Soak rice
Take a bowl of glutinous rice, soak in a basin for three hours, drain the water in the draining basin and set aside.
Second, choose the lotus
When buying lotus roots, choose a large lotus root in the middle and have a lotus root with a lotus knot at both ends to avoid sticking mud in the lotus hole.
Wash the lotus root, cut off the two ends of the lotus root, and then scrape off the lotus skin. The scraped lotus root is washed and cut a piece of lotus root at one end to make a lid, and then cover it back when the rice is filled.
3. Fill in the rice
Stuffing the soaked glutinous rice into the lotus hole is a difficult step, but the method is half the work. Put the rice into a large and easy-to-operate basin, put the lotus root vertically, use the spice spoon to scoop the glutinous rice onto the lotus root cutting surface, and then use the spice spoon to scrape back and forth, let the glutinous rice fall into the lotus hole, wait for the hole to be full, and then use a chopstick to poke each hole, press the glutinous rice in the hole tightly compacted, and then re-plug the rice. Repeat several times until the hole is plugged with rice.
Cover the lid back with the filled lotus root and secure it with a toothpick.
4. Boil the lotus root
Put the lotus root into the pot, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar slices (according to personal taste, you can add more if you like sweet), two slices of ginger, add water over the lotus root. Bring to a boil over high heat and simmer for 60 minutes, adding some water if there is less water in the middle, or do not add water but often turn the glutinous rice root over. When the heat is cooked, turn off the heat and let the soup simmer for 60 minutes.
Fifth, the presentation
Cut the smouldering lotus root into thin slices, pose on a plate, and drizzle with a spoonful of nectar.