Osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root

Overview

How to cook Osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root at home

Tags

• hot dishes
• brown sugar
• fresh osmanthus
• glutinous rice
• lotus root
• red dates

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Peel and wash two sections of lotus root, and cut into pieces (it’s best to soak them in water for a period of time, you may not peel them according to your personal taste)

   

2. 2 Take a small bowl of glutinous rice and soak it for an hour (stuff the unsoaked glutinous rice into the lotus root and it will become harder when the lotus root is cooked)

   

3. 3 Take six sweet dates and set aside

   

4. 4 I use fresh osmanthus to make it. Friends can also buy osmanthus sugar to make it (but fresh osmanthus is particularly fragrant). Soak the fresh osmanthus in salt water for a while, put it in a basket and rinse it with water. Do not rub it with your hands

   

5. 5 Stuff the soaked glutinous rice into the lotus root with chopsticks. Do not stuff the glutinous rice too tightly, otherwise it will affect the soft and glutinous taste. Cover the lotus root lid and insert toothpicks to secure

   

6. 6 Put the stuffed lotus root joints into the rice cooker, sprinkle with red dates and brown sugar (rock sugar is also acceptable, you don’t need to add too much sugar at the beginning, add some in the middle or at the end, otherwise it will be too sweet all at once and it will affect the taste). Finally, sprinkle in some fresh osmanthus and cook for 2-3 hours. I put it in the rice cooker and simmered it overnight, and then I could eat it in the morning.

   

7. 7 It's finally time to take it out of the pot. At this time, you can sprinkle in the remaining fresh osmanthus flowers to enhance the flavor.

   

8. 8 Take out the cooked lotus root joints, cut them and put them on a plate, pour some soup on them, and a delicious and hygienic plate of sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus roots is ready!