When I saw Alec Su, I immediately thought of the five brothers in Princess Zhu Huan, full of childhood memories. At that time, the internet was not popular and there were not many TV dramas. During the summer vacation, almost all TV stations broadcast four great classical novels and Princess Zhu Huan. For us in that era, we grew up watching these TV dramas.
Today, we followed Alec Su to explore the secret of Qianlong's longevity and health preservation, and learned that Emperor Qianlong preferred Bazhen cake.
It is reported that the eight raw materials of Bazhen cake are both food and medicine, which can be eaten when hungry and cured when sick. Medicine and food have the same origin, and have the effects of strengthening the spleen, resolving food stagnation and invigorating primordial qi.
When eating Bazhen cake, it is best to match it with milk tea. This milk tea is not the sweet milk tea we usually drink, but the traditional Manchu milk tea.
Some people may ask, is there a difference between Manchu traditional milk tea and the milk tea we drink now?
Of course there is a big difference. Now milk tea has pearls and is sweet. Manchu traditional milk tea is salty, made of black tea with salt, milk and some mutton, similar to butter tea.
What are the raw materials of Bazhen cake and how are they made? I will recreate this delicious food for you.
Materials:
5 grams of ginseng, 50 grams of poria cocos, 50 grams of coix seed, 50 grams of lotus seeds, 50 grams of yam, 50 grams of white lentils, 50 grams of euryales seeds, 0/00 grams of japonica rice flour and 0/00 grams of glutinous rice flour.
Exercise:
Grind all the ingredients into powder. (I use a high-speed mixer, which is more delicate; You can also ask the boss to help you grind it when you buy it. These ingredients can be found in pharmacies. )
Filter out the ground powder with a dense colander, and then pour the unbroken ingredients into the cooking machine to continue beating. Filter it and it will taste better. )
Add sugar, glutinous rice flour and glutinous rice flour, and stir all the materials evenly by hand. Add sugar according to your favorite taste. If you like sweet things, put more sugar. If you don't like things that are too sweet, you can put less sugar. )
Pour an appropriate amount of water, stir by hand, knead into dough, and then continue kneading until there is no dry powder.
Rub it into long strips, divide it into small doses of about 35g, and rub it round.
Use the moon cake mold to press out beautiful patterns.
Steam in a steamer 15 to 25 minutes. The steaming time is related to the size of the cake. If the Bazhen cake is small, the steaming time will be short, otherwise the steaming time will be extended. )
You can take it out and eat it after steaming.
The cooked Bazhen cake is suitable for both hot and cold, and it is soft and sticky. The Bazhen cake made according to this ratio tastes just right, soft and delicious.
Tips:
Bazhen cake contains coix seed, which is not suitable for pregnant women with babies.
Constipation and body heat are not suitable for friends to eat this kind of eight treasures cake.