Sugar lotus seeds (traditional Chinese cakes)

Sugar lotus seed is a traditional Chinese cake, which is simple to make, sweet in taste and deeply loved by people. Its main raw materials are glutinous rice flour and lotus seed paste, plus appropriate amount of sugar and water. After a series of operation steps, a small and exquisite sugar lotus seed with smooth appearance and delicious stuffing was finally formed.

material preparation

The materials for making sugar lotus seeds are very simple, and the following ingredients need to be prepared:

glutinous rice flour

Lotus seed paste

refined sugar

water

oil

The above materials can be purchased in supermarkets or food stores, and the price is also very affordable.

Production steps

Although the steps of making sugar lotus seeds are tedious, they are very simple. Just follow the following steps in turn:

Step 1: Make glutinous rice balls.

First, put glutinous rice flour into a bowl, add appropriate amount of water and knead it into dough. Then divide the dough into small pieces and knead them into small balls. Cook the meatballs in boiling water, remove and drain for later use.

Step 2: Make lotus paste stuffing.

Put the lotus seed paste into a bowl, add some sugar and water, and stir well. Divide the lotus paste stuffing into small pieces and knead them into small balls for later use.

Step 3: Fill.

Put a dumpling in the palm of your hand and flatten it with your fingers. Then put a lotus root on the glutinous rice balls, and rub the glutinous rice balls around the lotus root in a circle by hand. Repeat the above steps until all the dumplings are covered with stuffing.

Step 4: Cook.

Boil the brewed dumplings in boiling water until they float.

Step 5: Dip in sugar.

Put the boiled sugar lotus seeds into a bowl, sprinkle with a layer of white sugar, and gently shake the bowl to make the sugar evenly stick to the sugar lotus seeds.

skill

Make sugar lotus seeds need to pay attention to the following points:

The quality of glutinous rice flour is very important. Choose glutinous rice flour with good quality.

Pay attention to the amount of stuffing when filling, too much will cause the dumplings to break, and too little will affect the taste.

The cooking time should be controlled, too long will lead to the hardening of dumplings, too short will lead to the paste of dumplings.

When touching the sugar, gently shake the bowl to make the sugar evenly touch the glutinous rice balls.