1, red beans
Among the eight-treasure porridge, red beans are second only to rice and glutinous rice. Red beans are warm and sweet, and they are most suitable for cooking Laba porridge on Laba Festival. Therefore, warm red beans should be put into Laba porridge, and cold mung beans should be put as little as possible.
2. Flower kidney beans
The kidney bean here mainly refers to the large-granule, flat-shaped bean variety, which is a traditional miscellaneous grain bean in China, also known as kidney bean.
3, red dates
Among all the ingredients, red dates are an important source of rich flavor of eight-treasure porridge and an indispensable ingredient of eight-treasure porridge. After boiling red dates, the whole room can smell a strong jujube fragrance, and a handful of red dates can upgrade the whole pot of eight-treasure porridge to several grades.
4, peanuts
Peanut, also known as "longevity fruit", is a herbaceous plant. The roots are rich in nodules, the stems and branches are all angular, the leaves are papery, the petiole holds the stem at the base, the egg-shaped oblong to obovate, the apex is obtuse, both sides are hairy, and the edge has eyelashes. There are many ways to make peanuts, such as frying, frying, steaming and boiling, which can make peanuts a delicious dish.
5. dried longan
Fresh longan is also called longan. Generally, dried longan should be added into eight-treasure porridge, which, like red dates, also plays a role in increasing the flavor of eight-treasure porridge.
6. Lotus seeds
Lotus seed is the dry seed of lotus root, which is usually the unintentional white lotus seed with the red lotus seed skin removed, which saves a lot of trouble.
7. Chestnut kernels
Chestnut kernel powder is sweet and fragrant, and many people like to add chestnut to eight-treasure porridge, which is also an important source of flavor of eight-treasure porridge.
8. Coix seed
Eight-treasure porridge is inseparable from coix seed, also known as coix seed, which is mainly used to match red beans.