In the recipe of Bazhen cake, yam, lotus seed meat and white lentils are all nourishing spleen and yin; Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala are for invigorating spleen yang; Poria cocos and coix seed for eliminating dampness; Euryale ferox is astringent. In this way, the whole recipe has yin and yang, ups and downs, and bias. No wonder some people say that Bazhen cake is the first cake for health preservation in the Millennium. Chen Shigong, the inventor of Bazhen cake and a great doctor in the Ming Dynasty, said that people with weak spleen and stomach will feel light and refreshed after eating Bazhen cake for 100 days, and their vitality will increase greatly, and their beauty will be endless! It is also the favorite snack of Empress Dowager Cixi. Start cooking today.

Ingredients for Bazhen cake

Codonopsis pilosula: 50g Atractylodes macrocephala: 50g

Poria cocos: 50g lotus seeds: 50g.

Euryale ferox: 50g yam: 50g.

Coix seed: 50g (fried) white lentils: 50g (fried).

Sticky rice flour: 100g glutinous rice flour: 100g.

White sugar: the right amount (according to your own preferences) warm water: the right amount.

Step 1

The above ingredients are ready. I stir-fry all the medicines and food ingredients in a pot, and then grind them into fine powder with a high-speed blender.

Second step

Then add sticky rice flour, glutinous rice flour and sugar powder, and knead them into dough with proper warm water.

Third step

Divide into 35 grams of small dumplings. I think 50 grams is a little too much, so I make 35 grams each. )

Fourth step

Patterns made of mooncake molds.

Step five

Put it in a steamer and start cooking for 20-25 minutes.

Step 6

Finally, the finished product was perfect, and I secretly tasted a soft glutinous one with a slight taste of traditional Chinese medicine. Mmm, it's delicious!

Cooking skills of Bazhen cake

This kind of Bazhen cake is not very laborious as long as the dough is kneaded well, but if it is not easy to demould when using the mold, just add some glutinous rice flour to the mold.