Eating red dates like this in winter strengthens the spleen and stomach, nourishes the spleen and nourishes the qi, is soft and glutinous and sweet, and women should eat more

Glutinous rice and red dates, commonly known as extra soft heart, red dates are pitted, embedded in glutinous rice, steamed over high heat, red and white after coming out of the pot, the color is pleasing, and the appearance is cute.                                                                                 

Glutinous rice and red dates

1. Preparation of ingredients:

16 red dates, 100g glutinous rice flour, 70g of water, and a small handful of raisins

Second, the production process

1. Handling ingredients: clean the jujubes and soak them in a bowl for more than 2 hours; Wash the raisins and set aside.

2. And glutinous rice dough: put glutinous rice flour into a basin, add water (I used the water to soak red dates, the taste is better), and form a dough for later use.

3. Pitting of jujubes: Cut the soaked jujubes from the side with a knife, remember not to cut them, and then take out the jujube cores by hand, and dispose of all the jujubes in turn for later use.

4. Wrap glutinous rice hearts: Put glutinous rice on the board and divide it into small portions with the same number of red dates. Take a small portion of glutinous rice dough, flatten it by hand, wrap a few raisins in it, and arrange it into long strips by hand.

5. Embedded glutinous rice heart: Take a red date, put in a wrapped glutinous rice ball, and tidy it up by hand to make the red dates and glutinous rice sticker more firm.

6. Steaming in the pot: Put the glutinous rice and red dates on the plate, steam them in a pot on cold water, and after the water boils, turn to medium heat and steam for about 15 minutes.

Glutinous rice and red dates are finished! One bite at a time, sweet and warm, nourishing blood and qi, it is best to eat in winter, and the method is simple, everyone can do it well!

3. Cooking tips

1. The amount of ingredients is adjusted according to the amount of food you want to make. Glutinous rice flour and flour have different water absorption, so the amount of water needs to be more when mixing noodles, and the specific water consumption is suitable for glutinous rice flour to form a ball.

2. The general heart is only glutinous rice and red dates, and the real glutinous rice heart occasionally makes people feel a little bland, My method is to add raisins! This gives it a richer texture and a more varied taste. Another trick to make raisins taste better, that is, don't soak the raisins,  wash the dust, and steam them directly, so that the raisins come out with a stronger flavor.

3. When washing raisins, you can add a small handful of flour, and the adsorption effect of flour can make raisins cleaner.

4. When steaming, spread a layer of glutinous rice and red dates, leave a little gap, do not stack them, which can prevent sticking and cook faster.