It is good to eat more red beans in summer. Just steam them. They are soft, glutinous and sweet. The whole family loves to eat them

Red bean glutinous rice cake

In summer, many friends You know how to eat mung beans. Mung beans can clear away heat and relieve heat. Red beans are also foods that you should eat more in summer. Because the weather is hot in summer, you sweat a lot and your appetite is reduced a lot. You can use red beans to cook porridge and soup to replenish water and relieve the heat. Make red beans into desserts or snacks to replenish potassium ions and increase appetite. After the great heat, the weather becomes hotter and more humid. Many friends like to drink some cold drinks or eat ice cream. There is a lot of moisture in the body. Red beans have the effect of removing dampness and strengthening the spleen and stomach. It is a good choice to use red beans to make delicacies in summer.

I often make red bean glutinous rice cakes. The ingredients used in red bean glutinous rice cakes are very simple. Red beans and glutinous rice flour are the main ingredients. Rock sugar is added to red bean glutinous rice cakes in summer, which is sweet, heat-clearing and detoxifying, while red bean glutinous rice cakes are made in winter. Brown sugar is added to glutinous rice cakes to increase energy and resist the cold. When I make red bean glutinous rice cake, I also add corn starch. Using only glutinous rice flour will make it very sticky and soft. Adding corn starch will retain the soft and glutinous texture of red bean glutinous rice cake, but it will not be very sticky.

To make red bean glutinous rice cake at home, soak the red beans first. After soaking, the cooking time can be shortened. The red beans must be boiled until soft and then made into cakes. Because the red beans are boiled, the liquid contained in the red bean soup becomes If you are not sure, the glutinous rice flour added to the red bean soup should be added in small amounts in batches, do not add it all at once. You can also steam the red bean glutinous rice cake by adding water, but the sweet and rich taste of the red bean cake cannot be made with red bean soup.

Ingredients: 150g red beans, 80g rock sugar, 200g glutinous rice flour, 100g corn starch.

Method

The first step is to soak the red beans in cold water for 6 hours in advance. The red beans absorb enough water and are obviously much larger than before.

Step 2: Pour away the water in which the red beans are soaked, add 80 grams of rock sugar and 1000 ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer the red beans.

The third step is to cook the red beans until soft and the brown sugar soup is thick. The red bean soup is used to make red bean glutinous rice cakes. If you use an electric pressure cooker to cook red bean soup, you don't need to soak the red beans. Clean the red beans and the water used to cook the red beans can cover the ingredients. Use the electric pressure cooker to cook for 15 minutes. After cooking, add rock sugar.

Step 4: Pour in 200 grams of glutinous rice flour, and mix the glutinous rice flour and red bean soup evenly. If there is a lot of water left in the red bean soup, reduce the red bean soup or increase the amount of glutinous rice flour.

Step 5: Add 100 grams of cornstarch and mix all the ingredients into a red bean and glutinous rice cake dough.

Step 6: Brush the container holding the red bean glutinous rice cake with a layer of oil, pour the mixed red bean glutinous rice cake dough into the container, and smooth the surface of the red bean glutinous rice cake.

Step 7: Pour cold water into the pot, use a steamer to steam over high heat for 30 minutes, and steam the red bean and glutinous rice cake until cooked.

Step 8: After the steamed red bean glutinous rice cake has cooled down, cut it into pieces and taste it. You can put it in the refrigerator before tasting it.

Red bean glutinous rice cake can be used as breakfast or afternoon tea snack, or as a snack. Red bean glutinous rice cake is very simple to make. Female friends can often make red bean glutinous rice cake for themselves. The crude fiber content of red beans is relatively high. Red beans are rich in iron, which can replenish qi and blood and remove moisture. They are especially suitable for female friends.