Traditional Laba porridge, these 3 ingredients are the same as many authentic, attached: Lapa porridge viscous small secret
On this day, whether it is the north or south, every household must drink a bowl of Lapa Porridge, also known as Seven Treasures Porridge, Five Flavor Porridge, and Buddha Porridge. The custom of drinking Laba porridge on the lapa festival comes from Buddhism, and legend has it that Shakyamuni, who has been practicing asceticism in the snowy mountains, realized that asceticism is not the way to liberation, so he gave up asceticism to go down the mountain but fell down physically, when a shepherd girl saw it, she boiled chyle for him to eat, and finally recovered his energy under the Bodhi tree for seven days, and became a Buddha on the eighth day of the first month of the first month of The Waxing Moon. To commemorate the Buddha's enlightenment, the monks of the temple would chant sutras, cook porridge for the Buddha, and eat porridge with mixed grains as a souvenir.
Many friends do not know which eight kinds of ingredients la ba porridge is, in fact, under normal circumstances, la ba porridge is made of glutinous rice, yellow rice, millet, red beans, mung beans, lotus seeds, peanuts, almonds, guiyuan, red dates, raisins and other ingredients, and this lapa porridge must be boiled before dawn, offering Buddha, ancestors, gifts to relatives and friends.
Everyone cooks vegetarian porridge, mainly sweet, the ingredients must be more than eight kinds, there is no hard core requirement, in short, an authentic porridge, generally indispensable rice, beans and dried fruits these 3 ingredients, but the customs around are not the same, all the favorite ingredients can be put in, can also be made into a salty, is definitely the most in line with personal preferences of a bowl of porridge.
In Xiao Ning's hometown, Laba porridge is also called "red-eyed porridge", why? It is said that on the day of Lapa Ba, boiling Lapa Eight Porridge and eating Lapa Porridge must be carried out at dawn, and must be eaten before the sun comes out, if anyone eats Lapa Porridge after the sun comes out, then it will get "pink eye disease". I remember when I was a child, if I didn't get up in the morning, then she would definitely list to me who was who, because I didn't get up early to eat Laba porridge in which year, so I got the problem of red eyes, saying that there are noses and eyes, not only have names and surnames, but also must be known by you, so you can't believe it.
Until now, Xiaoning feels that this matter is particularly magical, why are there always people with red eyes around us when we were young? Now if Xiao Ning wants to give an example of Howa must get up early and tell the two daughters of the family about this allusion, they can't believe it! Although there is no story of Lapa Porridge, but the sweet and rich Lapa Porridge still has to be boiled for the family, today Xiaoning will share everyone's lapa Porridge viscous little tricks, let's take a look at it!
There are some ingredients in lapa porridge that are more difficult to cook and cook, such as red beans, kidney beans, etc., so these ingredients are best brewed overnight in advance, used directly the next morning, at least soaked for an hour in advance, and then cooked together with other rice ingredients, so that the cooked laba porridge dishes will be more soft and delicious.
The second little trick, especially suitable for lazy people, that is, after cleaning all the ingredients in advance before going to bed, put them into the rice cooker together, click on the reservation mode, set the time of the next morning, so that all the ingredients will be soaked in water overnight, the next morning do not have to be busy, you can directly eat the steaming, viscous and rich porridge!
If you don't know what ingredients are needed for Laba porridge, then Xiaoning can give you a suggestion: glutinous rice, black rice, millet, rice, barley, red beans, kidney beans, plus lotus seeds, guiyuan, peanuts, raisins, red dates, these are combined, choose more than 8 kinds, and add the right amount of rock sugar when cooking.
In short, the ingredients of Lapa Porridge should be rich, we must choose high-quality ingredients, different ingredients should be cleaned and soaked, peeled, pitted, finely picked and other processes, as the saying goes, "children and children, don't be hungry, after the Lap Eight is the Year", this Lap Ba Festival is regarded as the prelude to the Lunar New Year, so everyone should not forget to cook a pot of delicious Laba Porridge for the family during the Lap Eight Festival!