Lotus flour balls are a traditional specialty food with a history of more than 200 years. The lotus powder balls in Yanfu, Jiangsu and Huanggang, Hubei are the most famous. Traditional rice balls are made with glutinous rice flour, but lotus flour balls are unique.
The lotus flour balls in Yanfu, Jiangsu Province, are made of lotus flour as a crust, and the filling is also very delicate. They are a mixture of marinated sugar plate diced oil, peach cake, kumquat cake, walnut kernel, peanut kernel and other fruit ingredients, mostly cooked and eaten.
Lotus flour balls can be used both as a seasonal snack and as a feast dish. Its outer layer is smooth, elastic, transparent and dark brown. The filling is sweet, moist and refreshing.
Lotus flour balls have become a specialty of Chinese and foreign guests all over Jiangsu, transparent round lotus starch soaked in thick soup, half floating and half sinking, looks like floating brown balls, sandwiched on chopsticks, flexible and elastic, the entrance is tender and refreshing, chewing up the head, lingering fragrance.
Lotus flour balls are round, smooth, transparent, elastic, soft and tender, brown. The filling is made of lotus flour and five kernels (peach, apricot, date, melon seeds, etc.). There is a sweet and refreshing taste, which makes people feel heartfeltly happy. Chew the aftertaste and avoid greasy. It is rich in nutrients and has the effect of strengthening bones and replenishing blood. Jianhu, Funing, Luoqiao and other places hold banquets and banquets for relatives and friends, often without this. Passers-by build a lake guest, when socializing, always hope to have a chance to taste it. The famous writer Ba Jin led a delegation to Jianhu, where he tasted and was praised. In 1958, Jiangsu's famous dishes enjoyed a high reputation in the province.
After tasting it, the economist Xiao Tong wrote an article in the newspaper calling it a "treasure."
Raw materials to be prepared: 400 grams of lotus flour. Red and green silk 5 grams, kumquat 5 grams, dates 15 grams, peach kernels 10 grams, pine nuts 5 grams, hemp powder 7.5 grams, sugar oil 75 grams of gummies 50 grams, osmanthus 1 gram. The practice of "lotus flour rounds" is more complicated. First of all, the filling must be done well. Fillers require special attention. Fry and crush pine nuts, melon seeds and walnut kernels. Cut the kumquat cake into pieces; grind the sesame shortbread into a fine powder; spread the above filling with osmanthus flowers, sugar and lard, knead into dough, and then knead into small balls for later; use a flour stick to grind the lotus flour into flour, take a small bamboo, put the ball into a bowl, sprinkle the lotus flour on the ball, roll the ball evenly, put the ball into a pot of boiling water, immediately fish out the ball, then put the ball into the bowl, sprinkle the lotus powder on the ball, roll the ball evenly, and then put it into the pot, so that the lotus flour rounder is successfully made 3-4 times in a row. When eating, put it in a pot of water and cook until it floats. Add the sugar and osmanthus flowers. "Lotus powder circle" can also be called "osmanthus lotus powder circle" or "lotus powder circle". Changing the cooking method can also be used as a "crisp lotus flour round" or "plucked lotus powder circle"