Has anyone thought of why
first day of Chinese New Year, we have to have a pot of Chinese Dessert like
Longan, Lily Bulb and Lotus Seed ?
Honestly, I didn’t know much
about it… but since this was being cooked in the family and I see almost every family
practiced it that way, I guess it won’t go wrong if you follow that too. My
type of Chinese dessert is the simplest among all… well, basically given a few
hours and it has to be cooked and taste nice it has to be simple, right?
I know some will add in red
dates for sweetness…
Talking about Chinese New
Year… after all, we are still in that mood, might as well talk something about
it… I can understand why would every family the woman that cooks will have
little time of sleep. Reason is because every now and that the person that
cooks or prepare food would have to get up early to prepare. Even for this
simple dessert, lotus seed has to soak for an hour before we could boil, as we
have to remove the stem. Because it’s bitter.
Even the lily bulb has to
soak for few minutes too. And all these needed some time to prepare, isn’t it
the person that prepares the food got to have enough time for that? In fact, I
truly understand all that after I live on my own.
Anyway, a simple recipe and
my short cuts preparing it too …
Ingredients
A hand full of Dried Longan (龍眼/桂圓)
A hand full of Dried Lotus Seed
(莲子)
A hand full of Dried Lily
Bulb (百合)
Rock Sugar
2 litter of water
1. Soak the lotus seed for
almost 2 hours, then after remove the stem.
2. Soak the lily bulb for
about 30mins, wash and clean, same goes for the dried longan.
3. Boil a pot of water for
about 2 liter, add in all the ingredients.
4. Boil for about 2 hours,
before serve, add in the rock sugar.
5. Once the rock sugar dissolves,
ready to serve.
Yield: 2-3 persons
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