Rock sugar Xianglian soup

Rock sugar Xianglian is a famous dish in Hunan beets

During the Western Han Dynasty, the white lotus was used to pay tribute to Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, so Xianglian was also known as Gonglian, Xianglian was mainly produced in the Dongting Lake Area, Xiangtan was a famous production area, and the city produced the most in the city with flower stones and middle road paving, and the quality was also the best, there were red lotuses and white lotuses, of which the white lotus was round and white, and the powder was fragrant, located at the top of the country. When excavating the mawangdui tomb in Changsha, Hunan, it was found that Hou had eaten lotus seeds. After tasting the new white lotus with a small lotus fragrance in his heart, the Jin Dynasty poet Zhang Kai once issued an exclamation that "the mouth is tired and ridiculous, and this body wants the old Lake Xiang".

2, this dish before the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was more popular, the earliest called "grain lotus heart", but at that time the production was relatively simple, since modern times only with rock sugar production, so called "ice sugar Xianglian." "Today, it has a high reputation not only in Hunan, but also in the whole country and overseas.

ingredient:

Lotus seeds: 200 g

Pineapple net weight: 40 g

Canned yellow peaches: 210 g

Green beans: 40 g

Rock sugar: 70 g

Strawberries: 40 g

2. Directions:

Step 1:

Wash all ingredients and set aside.

Step 2:

Put the appropriate amount of water in the pot and steam the washed lotus seeds for 15 minutes. Fresh quarter of a white fungus, simmer for 20 minutes.

Step 3:

Blanch the green beans and bring the water to a boil.

Step 4:

Put the pot on the fire, add 500ml of water, put the rock sugar and bring to a boil. Add canned green beans, pineapple, lotus seeds, white fungus and yellow peaches and bring to a boil over high heat.

Step 5:

Place the chopped strawberries in the bottom of the bowl and pour the rock sugar water and ingredients into a large bowl so that the strawberries float on the surface