Material preparation: 30g of white lentils, 30g of Atractylodes macrocephala, 50g of poria cocos, 50g of coix seed, 50g of lotus seed meat, 50g of gordon euryales, 50g of codonopsis pilosula, 60g of yam, 60g of lotus root starch, glutinous rice flour 100g, 300g of rice flour and appropriate amount of sugar.
1. Pulverize white lentils, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Poria, Coicis Semen, Lotus seeds, Euryales Semen, Codonopsis pilosula, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, etc. Pulverize into powder and sieve once.
2. Prepare your favorite mold.
3. Mix the dough with slightly hot water, which is slightly hotter than warm water and feels warm. Put all the materials together, wake them for 30 minutes and let them stand for a while. Adding sugar can be more or less arbitrary according to your own taste.
4. Knead the dough and embed the mold into the dough to make it look like you like.
5. After finishing, put them in turn and steam them on the pot. Pay attention to wait for the water to boil and steam it on the hot kettle. Steam for 40 minutes.
6. This is steamed Bazhen cake.
The Historical Origin of Bazhen Cake
One day in September of the sixth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi fell ill in the palace because she was addicted to greasy food and fat. Too many doctors have caused many doctors to consult "Lafayette" and think that her illness is caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach. After discussion, many doctors agreed that it was necessary to replenish the spleen and stomach for Lafayette, and prescribed eight kinds of medicines and foods, which were made into cakes with water and named "Jianpi Cake".
After eating this cake for a few days, the symptoms of "Lafayette" completely disappeared, the appetite increased greatly, and the whole body became strong. "Galeries Lafayette" changed the name of "Jianpi Cake" to "Bazhen Cake" as soon as he was happy. Since then, "Bazhen cake" has become Cixi's favorite food.