Mooncakes are one of the traditional foods for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and mooncake filling is one of the most important factors in determining the taste of mooncakes. There are many kinds of traditional flavors of mooncake filling, such as bean paste filling, lotus seed paste filling, five kernel filling and so on. Here we will introduce the production method of traditional flavor moon cake filling.

Bean paste filling

Bean paste filling is one of the most common fillings in moon cakes. The raw materials for making bean paste filling are red beans and glutinous rice. Here are the steps for making bean paste filling:

1. Wash the red beans and put them into a pot, add the right amount of water, boil over high heat and then turn to low heat to cook, it will take about 1 hour.

2. Cooked red beans with a spoon into the mud, then add glutinous rice flour, continue to stir.

3. Put the stirred bean paste filling into a pot, add appropriate amount of sugar and oil, and stir-fry over low heat until dry.

4. Put the fried bean paste filling into a container and cool it down.

Lotus seed paste filling

Lotus seed paste filling is one of the more upscale fillings in mooncakes. The raw materials of lotus seed paste filling are lotus seeds and sugar. Here are the steps for making lotus seed paste filling:

1. Peel the lotus seeds and put them into a pot, add the right amount of water, bring it to a boil over high heat and then turn it to low heat to cook, it will take about 1 hour.

2. Cooked lotus seeds with a spoon pressed into mud, then add sugar, continue to stir.

3. Put the stirred lotus seed paste filling into a wok, add the right amount of oil and stir-fry over low heat until dry.

4. Put the fried lotus seed paste filling into a container and cool it down.

Five-kernel filling

Five-kernel filling is one of the more unusual fillings in mooncakes. The raw materials for the five-kernel filling include peanuts, walnuts, almonds, melon seeds and lotus seeds. Here are the steps for making the five-kernel filling:

1. Roast the peanuts, walnuts, almonds, melon seeds and lotus seeds separately and cut them into small pieces with a knife.

2. Put the roasted five-nut pieces into a pot, add appropriate amount of sugar and oil, and stir-fry over low heat until dry.

3. Put the fried panko filling into a container and let it cool down.

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The above is how to make traditional flavored moon cake filling. There are different ways to make different fillings, but overall, making mooncake filling requires patience and care. We hope you can successfully make delicious mooncake filling so that your family and friends can enjoy the delicious mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival.