Eight Treasure Porridge Dessert

Recipesfull introduces to you: Chinese Recipes. (Eight Treasure Porridge Dessert). A traditional Chinese dessert analogous to rice pudding. The eight treasures refers to the 8 different nutritious ingredients that go into it. It is traditionally eaten on Laba festival (December 8th on the lunar calendar). Ingredients can be easily substituted but just remember there should be 8 main ingredients (for namesake), and you should adjust the time at which the ingredient goes into the pot to ensure everything is cooked just right at the end. Other common ingredients include jujube, chestnuts, dried dates, dried longan meat, other dried fruits, peanuts, almonds, walnuts, melon-seed meat, pine nuts, lotus seeds, sesame seeds, kidney beans, black bean, and many others.

Brief

Prep 10 mins

Cook: 2hrs5 mins

Additional: 3hrs

Total: 5hrs15 mins

Servings: 10

Yield: 10 servings

Eight Treasure Porridge Dessert

Ingredients

¼ cup dried small red beans (adzuki beans)

water to cover

¼ cup barley

½ cup glutinous sweet rice

¼ cup dried mung bean

¼ cup oats

¼ cup millet

¼ cup dried small pearl tapioca

½ cup brown sugar

or more to taste

¼ cup raisins

Eggplant with Garlic Sauce

World Cuisine

Directions

Step 1

Place red beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 3 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse.

Step 2

Combine red beans and barley in a pot; add enough water to fill 1/2 the pot. Bring to a boil reduce heat to low cover pot and simmer until beans and barley are tender about 1 hour.

Step 3

Mix rice into bean-barley mixture; add more water if it has all been absorbed. Cook rice mixture for 20 minutes. Add mung beans; cook for 20 minutes.

Step 4

Mix oats millet and tapioca into rice mixture; cook stirring every 5 minutes until all the grains are softened about 20 minutes. Add more water to reach desired thickness of porridge. Stir brown sugar and raisins into porridge; cook for 5 minutes more. Remove pot from heat stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. Serve hot or chilled.

Nutritional Information

Eight Treasure Porridge Dessert

Servings Per Recipe:10

Calories: 164.4

% Daily Value *

Protein: 4.4g 9%

Carbohydrates: 35.8g 12%

Dietary Fiber: 3.4g 14%

Sugars: 9.7g

Fat: 0.6g 1%

Saturated Fat: 0.1g 1%

Vitamin A Iu: 3IU

Niacin Equivalents: 1.8mg 14%

Vitamin B6: 0.1mg 6%

Vitamin C: 0.1mg

Folate: 48.7mcg 12%

Calcium: 23.9mg 2%

Iron: 1.4mg 8%

Magnesium: 39.1mg 14%

Potassium: 198.8mg 6%

Sodium: 7mg

Thiamin: 0.1mg 13%

Calories From Fat: 5.7

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.