China

Laba Zhou

Name: Laba Zhou
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 200 g Sticky rice & short-grain rice; 150 g Mixed beans (azuki, mung); 100 g Millet & barley; 100 g Dried dates & lotus seeds; some of each Peanuts & longan; to taste Sugar or rock sugar

Eight-treasure rice porridge for the Laba festival

Laba zhou is a sweet Chinese porridge of many grains, beans and dried fruits.

It is traditionally made on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Laba festival.

Servings6

Time90 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Sticky rice & short-grain rice200 g
Mixed beans (azuki, mung)150 g
Millet & barley100 g
Dried dates & lotus seeds100 g
Peanuts & longansome of each
Sugar or rock sugarto taste

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Soak the beans and grains overnight.
Start with plenty of water.
Simmer long and stir occasionally.
Add dates, lotus seeds and peanuts.
Cook to a porridge consistency and sweeten.

Make it original

Lotus seeds and azuki beans are in the Asia Boutique.

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