How to make lotus leaf rice cake

Lotus leaf eight-treasure rice is a typical southern rice dish. So, how to make lotus leaf eight-treasure rice so that it can be simple and delicious? The first step is to choose lotus leaves, and the lotus leaves should be tender. In addition to good lotus leaves, you also need to choose fragrant rice. The flavor of the fragrant rice and the flavor of the lotus leaves will react chemically in the pot, bringing out the fragrance of the lotus leaves to the extreme. This article will introduce the cooking techniques of lotus leaf eight-treasure rice.

Introduction of Lotus Leaf Rice

Lotus leaf rice is a famous traditional dim sum in Guangdong Province and belongs to Cantonese cuisine. This is a convenient food made by wrapping rice in lotus leaves and steaming it. It is one of the delicacies in the Lingnan region. "The ten-mile-long Pan Tang is full of lotus ponds. Sisters come here every morning to pick lotus flowers. They don’t pick lotus flowers, but lotus leaves. The lotus leaves wrapped in rice are more fragrant than the flowers." This poem "Yangcheng Bamboo Branch Song" from the late Qing Dynasty is a perfect portrayal of lotus leaf rice.

The production process of lotus leaf eight-treasure rice

Soak rice and glutinous rice in a ratio of 3:1 overnight, add some water, wrap them in lotus leaves, and steam them into lotus leaf rice. If you find it troublesome, you can use ordinary rice. Pour cooking wine into the shrimps to remove the fishy smell, soak the Cantonese sausage, cut the mushrooms, and wash the green beans and set aside. Fry the garlic slices in oil until fragrant, then add the Cantonese Chinese sausage and stir-fry. Add green beans and mushrooms and stir-fry. Then add the steamed lotus leaf rice. First add salt and light soy sauce for seasoning, and taste it in this step. Then add the shrimps, stir well and turn off the heat. Small shrimps cook very easily, so they are added last to keep them tender. If you use large shrimps, you can fry them first. Wrap the mixed rice in lotus leaves and steam it for 20 minutes. After steaming, you can sprinkle some green onions or coriander according to your taste.

Lotus Leaf Eight Treasure Rice Precautions

Pour a proper amount of oil into the pot, add diced meat, shrimp and diced mushrooms after the oil is hot, stir-fry evenly, add cooking wine, light soy sauce, salt and pepper, then add the steamed rice, drizzle with sesame oil and stir-fry evenly.

4. Unroll the lotus leaf previously used for steaming rice, put the fried rice in the middle of the lotus leaf, then fold the four sides of the lotus leaf inward to wrap the rice, put the wrapped lotus leaf rice into the steamer, and steam it over high heat for 15 minutes.