Ingredients for Laba porridge and how to make it

Laba porridge is a traditional Chinese porridge. Every household cooks it on the eighth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. But do you know what ingredients are needed to make the authentic Laba porridge? Do you know how to make the authentic Laba porridge? I will write down the ingredients and specific methods for making the authentic Laba porridge in a while. Friends who need it can come and have a look.

Ingredients for Laba porridge and how to make it

Ingredients for Laba Congee

When making Laba porridge, you need to prepare 100 grams of good quality glutinous rice and 100 grams of red beans. In addition, prepare 50 grams each of raisins, peanuts, lotus seeds, red dates, and longan meat, as well as appropriate amounts of coix seeds, pine nuts, white kidney beans, and finally, prepare an appropriate amount of white sugar.

The specific method of making Laba porridge

1. Soak the prepared glutinous rice, red beans, white kidney beans, coix seeds, peanuts and other ingredients in clean water in advance. The soaking time needs to be more than three hours.

2. It is best to cook the red dates in advance to remove the bitterness they contain, and soak the lotus seeds in clean water in advance. Wash the ingredients that do not need to be soaked with clean water.

3. Put all the processed ingredients into the rice cooker, then add five times the amount of water, turn on the power and let the rice cooker start working. After the pot boils, turn down the heat and simmer slowly. In the process of cooking, stir it frequently, otherwise it will stick to the pot and affect the taste of the porridge.

4. After the water boils, cook for about an hour, the ingredients in the pot will become soft and glutinous, and the porridge will become thick. At this time, add the prepared white sugar into the pot and mix well. The delicious and authentic Laba porridge can be served.