Yam is not very cheap all year round, especially iron stick yam, which costs more than ten yuan a catty. Yam has a high nutritional value, and is rich in mucin, vitamins and minerals. In Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, China's first great medical contribution, it is listed as the top grade and has the reputation of "little ginseng". It is considered that it can replenish deficiency, grow muscles, and has the function of hearing and seeing when eaten frequently.

Although yam has a very strong nourishing effect, friends who have eaten it know that it tastes bland and soft like potatoes. It is not only tasteless when steamed directly, but also when porridge is cooked, especially for children at home.

Chinese yam red jujube cake ▲

As the saying goes, "Food should pay attention to color, fragrance and taste". In fact, Chinese yam can be best matched with various dried fruits, and steamed together to make cakes, which are soft and sweet, nourishing and delicious. Among them, dried fruits are red dates and cranberries. Jujube is known as the "king of all kinds of fruits", which has the functions of benefiting qi and enriching blood, strengthening spleen and regulating stomach. As a good nourishing product, it is known as "eclipse three dates and live forever". Cranberry tastes sweet and sour, is rich in minerals, and has many health-care functions.

Yam red jujube cake ▲

Yam, with its bland taste and color, is endowed with bright color and rich sweet and sour taste with the help of the sweet and moist red jujube and fiery red cranberry. Coupled with the flower-like shape, it is soft and sweet, and I believe many girls and children will have no resistance to it at all, and it is nourishing and delicious. This yam jujube cake is very good for breakfast or as a snack at ordinary times, and the method is very simple. The detailed production process will be shared with friends below.

Yam jujube cake ▲

Yam jujube cake

Ingredients: 2 yams, 6 jujubes, 1g cranberries, 5g

Description: To be the first choice for this yam jujube cake, it not only tastes good, but also has high nutritional value. If you like something sweeter, you can put more red dates; 5g of honey is used for decoration, and it can also harmonize the taste.

Chinese yam, red dates, cranberries and honey ▲

Production process:

1. First, clean the skin of Chinese yam, and then remove the skin with a peeling knife. When peeling, you can wear gloves to avoid allergic sexual harassment caused by the mucus protein of Chinese yam. Peel the yam, cut it into small pieces and put it on a plate for later use. Clean the red dates, especially the wrinkles that are not easy to clean, and brush them with a small brush. After cleaning, put them in a pan and steam them in a steamer.

Steamed jujube and yam ▲

2. The yam will be steamed about ten minutes after the water is boiled. Take it out of the pot and tear off the skin of the jujube while it is hot. It is best to peel the jujube when it is swollen after steaming. If you are not worried about the taste, you don't need to peel it.

Peel the red dates when they are ripe ▲

3. Press the yam into fine yam mud with tools while it is still hot, and the finer the taste, the better.

yam mud ▲

4. Cut the red dates with the skins and stones removed into small pieces for later use; Wash the cranberries, then cut them into smaller particles with a knife and put them in a plate for later use.

red dates and cranberries ▲

5. Pour red dates and yam into the yam mud, and grab them evenly with kitchen gloves.

Mix the three ingredients evenly ▲

6. Take out the mold at home, clean it, and brush a thin layer of cooked oil on the inner surface of the mold with an oil brush to facilitate demoulding.

the mold is coated with cooked vegetable oil ▲

7. Take a piece of about 2g of yam and jujube paste, reunite it with your hands, put it into the mold, fill it evenly, then turn the mold upside down on the chopping board, gently press the handle of the mold, and then gently push the handle while holding the mold with the other hand and leaving the chopping board, and a beautiful yam and jujube cake will stand out.

before eating, you can pour a little honey on it, which makes it more sweet. If there are children at home, yam and red dates are often used to make this small cake. When eating a few pieces at breakfast or with meals, it not only enjoys delicious food, but also has nourishing effect, which is also an irresistible food for girls who love beauty.

yam jujube cake ▲

Tip:

This yam jujube cake does not use any preservative, so you should not cook too much at a time, and you can eat it for two or three days. However, it should be sealed and stored in the refrigerator.

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