On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, according to our tradition, many places have the habit of eating "Laba porridge". The so-called "eight-treasure porridge" is actually what people often say "Laba porridge".
The original meaning of "eight-treasure porridge" refers to porridge made from eight different raw materials. But today. Many "eight-treasure porridge" use more than eight kinds of materials. "Eight-treasure porridge" generally takes japonica rice, glutinous rice or black glutinous rice as the main material, and adds auxiliary materials, such as mung beans, red beans, lentils, white lentils, red dates, peach kernels, peanuts, lotus seeds, longan, pine nuts, yams, lilies, medlar, gordon euryales and coix seed. People in different parts of China choose different materials according to their dietary preferences. Different brands of cans have different materials for "eight-treasure porridge". But there are basically four kinds of raw materials: rice, beans, dried fruits and Chinese herbal medicines. Cooking at home is "eight-treasure porridge", sometimes chestnuts, carrots, sausages, bacon and so on are added.
Production and production
primary raw materials
Longan, lotus seeds, raisins, peanuts, red dates, adzuki beans, mung beans, kidney beans, fragrant rice, rice, etc.
Batching speed
The ingredients of eight-treasure porridge vary from place to place. On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, eight things are mixed. Among them, rice, carrots and vegetables are indispensable three treasures. In addition, there are peanuts (or soybeans), lotus seeds, ginkgo, tofu or oily tofu, taro and other ingredients. If you want to add more ingredients, you can put Sichuan fungus, red dates and vegetarian bean cakes, but you can't put vegetarian ham and mushrooms. The ingredients of eight-treasure porridge are usually rice 40%, glutinous rice 20%, vegetables 10%, carrots, peanuts (soybeans) 5%, tofu (oily tofu) and fried dough sticks 5%, ginkgo, lotus seeds and taro 5%, and 10% can be considered unnecessary.
The so-called "five flavors are harmonious, and all flavors are fragrant." Heat the oil before cooking porridge, then fry the rice, then cook the fried rice in a hot water pot, and then put the peanuts and other materials in it. The whole pot of Laba porridge contains Huang Liang's fried dough sticks, white tofu, red carrots, black fungus and blue Qingjiang cuisine. The color is bright and people are happy when they see it.
There are a few things to deal with before cooking porridge. First, peanuts should be soaked in water the night before. Second, emperor beans are not easy to cook. You can fry them before cooking, or break them with a blender and fry them in oil, and they will be cooked soon. Third, lotus seeds and ginkgo should be cooked. Fourth, taro should be fried. Fifth, as long as the leaves are placed on the vegetables, not on the stems, and not too much. And the fritters should not be too broken.
The porridge should not be too thick, and there should be a little porridge juice. Turn off the fire for two to three minutes before cooking, and then turn on a small fire to let all the ingredients blend and cook before cooking. Pepper can be added to improve the taste.
Cooking eight-treasure porridge seems to be dealing with the problem of diet, but in fact, in the process of cooking eight-treasure porridge, it is also letting us know how to do things and how to be a person. The significance of eating Laba porridge is not only to commemorate the enlightenment of the Buddha who saw the stars at night, but also to be warm, complete, harmonious, auspicious, healthy, cooperative, nutritious, indifferent, convenient, grateful, happy (porridge instead of tea) and attached to each other. The night before Laba, a good man believed a woman who twisted beans to make porridge. Every time she twists a bean, she calls it an affinity bean. Therefore, I wrote a poem: "Happy to the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the custom of leaving beans in front of the door continues, and believers and disciples cook porridge at night, and they are good at thinking about Buddhism and forming good relationships."
The ingredients of modern eight-treasure porridge depend on personal taste, generally including rice, peanuts, mung beans, red beans and lotus seeds. Others include lentils, red dates, longan, yam, lily, medlar, coix seed, millet, other beans and red dates. This kind of porridge can be made into dessert with sugar or salt.