How to steam fresh dates

I believe that many people buy fresh dates and eat them directly after washing them, without going through the trouble of steaming them. Moreover, fresh dates are not tasty after steaming and are not as sweet as when eaten raw. However, they are necessary for making fresh date cakes. If you use fresh dates to make cakes, if you want to steam them, it is best to wash them directly and put them in the pot to steam them. Therefore, it is recommended that everyone can learn about the steaming method of fresh dates in life.

How to steam fresh dates

When buying fresh dates from the supermarket, choose those with thick flesh.

Put fresh dates in a basin, soak them in warm water, wash them clean, drain the moisture, and lay the fresh dates flat on the steamer.

Put water in a pot and bring to a boil, then place the steamer on the pot and steam over medium heat for 20 minutes.

After steaming the fresh dates for 20 minutes, take them out and place them on a plate to cool for 20 minutes. At this time, the color of the fresh dates has become a little darker.

After cooling for 20 minutes, the dates are put into the steamer for the second time and steamed for another 20 minutes. The color of the dates becomes darker. Remove from plate and let cool for 20 minutes.

After the fresh dates have cooled for 20 minutes, put them into the steamer for the third time and steam them for 20 minutes. After steaming, place them on a plate and let cool. At this time, the fresh dates have been steamed three times and cooled three times, and the fresh dates are ready.

Other ways to eat fresh dates

1. Eat as fruit

Fresh dates are fruits and should be eaten fresh. On the one hand, it meets the demand for fruit, because the "Dietary Pagoda of Chinese Residents" recommends that adults eat 200-400 grams of fruit every day; on the other hand, fresh dates are very high in vitamin C, and the loss rate of eating them directly is extremely low.

2. Eat as a staple food

How can it be a staple food? Staple food must include grains or potatoes! Of course, what I mean by eating it as a staple food is the date cake made with wheat flour. The taste is sweet but not greasy, and you can feel the fragrance of fresh dates.

Date cake production method:

Ingredients: Fresh dates, wheat flour

Preparation method:

Wash the fresh dates clean.

Put fresh dates into a pot of water and cook until the water boils.

Put an appropriate amount of flour into the dough kneading container, squeeze the cooked dates and put them into the dough. Pinch them so that the flavor of the dates can be better integrated into the dough, then add a little water used to cook the dates. Just knead it into a shape.

Put the prepared dough into a steamer and steam it for about 30 minutes.