White fungus soup with papaya and almond

Ingredients:papaya,almond nuts,white fungus,Chinese wolfberry

Condiments:
rock sugar

Directions:
1.As to papaya,remove the skin and gut the seeds,then chop into chunks.
2.Soak the white fungus with lukewarm water.When they get big,remove the yellow end ,tear into small pieces after cleaning.
3.Add water into a pot,put in papaya chunks,almonds nuts,white fungus and Chinese wolfberry,bring to a boil with high heat,then turn to small fire,stew for 1 hour.
4.Season with some rock sugar,stew until the sugar melts.

Note:
It’ll be more tasty if iced.

(Original from http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_488eb3fe0100a74y.html)

Steamed rice with pineapple

Ingredients

Pineapple 1300g

Glutinous rice 200g

Directions

1. Soak sticky rice in water overnight

2.Clean pineapple and cut into two parts then remove pulp.

4.Pick soaked rice in the pulp juice and mix them with chopped pulp. Add 4-5 Crystal sugar(or 3 teaspoons of sugar )

5.Fill pineapple skin with stuffing, fully assembled in two parts.

6.Steam it at least 50 minutes,dish off.

TIPS

1.Glutinous rice must be soaked one day ahead of schedule.

2.when digging the pineapple cup,you can not force general had dug it broken, as far as possible to stay around in some of the flesh.

Original from: <http://www.meishichina.com/Eat/Nosh/200802/31270_2.html
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Steamed Lotus Root Stuffed with Sweet Sticky Rice

The stuffed lotus root is a Shanghai specialty; it is typically served as dessert or appetizer.



Ingredients
lotus root, sticky rice, Brown sugar, honey,dried jujube x4(If you cannot find it, just forget about it)
Special equipment: toothpick !

Directions


1. Soak sticky rice in water with 2 teaspoon of sugar for at least 4 hours.(Strongly recommend overnight ) No skills required. 
2. Peel the lotus root and cut off the ends; save the ends.
3. Fill the lotus root with sticky rice. Pack the rice tightly with a chopstick.
4. Reattach the ends of the lotus root with toothpicks to seal the sticky rice.
6. Boil the stuffed lotus root in the water with 2 tablespoon of brown sugar and dried jujubes for one hours. 
7. Chill the stuffed lotus root and slice.
8. Coat the chilled lotus root with syrup, and serve





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