【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots

【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots

Overview

After the first day of the Lunar New Year, I got ready the day before I was going to take the married girl to a Spring Festival wedding dinner with my sister-in-law and her family. I made the menu and went around the market and started to get busy. I burned what needed to be cooked and wrapped what needed to be wrapped. Just like the candied lotus root, which was prepared for a banquet, I needed to act in advance! The aroma of red dates, the brightness of rock sugar, and the aroma and color of brown sugar are mixed together to create a rich aroma and a sweet and glutinous taste.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare the ingredients.

    【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots step 1

  2. Wash the glutinous rice and soak it in water overnight.

    【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots step 2

  3. Drain.

    【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots step 3

  4. Wash the lotus root, peel it and cut it in the head.

    【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots step 4

  5. Fill the lotus root holes with glutinous rice.

    【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots step 5

  6. Use a toothpick to insert diagonally inward to secure

    【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots step 6

  7. Add water that has covered the lotus root knots, add brown sugar, rock sugar, and red dates and bring to a boil.

    【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots step 7

  8. Simmer over low heat until you can insert chopsticks easily.

    【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots step 8

  9. Turn over high heat to thicken the soup.

    【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots step 9

  10. Let cool, slice into slices, and pour over the soup.

    【Shanghai】Red Dates and Candied Lotus Roots step 10