Baboa Juk, eight treasures congee in English, is yet another auspicious food during Chinese festival (there seems to be just about one favorable food for each day in a Chinese lunar calendar!). Nothing to do with the Chinese New year, it is instead eaten in a festival called Lar Ba Jak on Lunar December the 8th.Ingredients:
Millet 1500g
Chinese rice 500g
Peanuts 250g
Walnuts 150g
Pinenuts 20g
Red dates 30g
Hawberries 100g
Red beans 30g
Chinese rock sugar 500g
Directions:
1.Rinse the millet and rice thoroughly under cold water.
2.Pour 5kg of water into a saucepan, add the red beans, peanuts, walnuts and pinenuts. Cook, stirring constantly, for 40 minutes.
3.Add the millet and rice, keep stirring over low heat until the mixture turns to juk-like texture (not too watery but smoothly thicky).
4.Put the Chinese rock sugar in the saucepan, stir until melt. Add the red dates and hawberries to the juk and heat for another 3 minutes.
Serve in bowls.
1.Rinse the millet and rice thoroughly under cold water.
2.Pour 5kg of water into a saucepan, add the red beans, peanuts, walnuts and pinenuts. Cook, stirring constantly, for 40 minutes.
3.Add the millet and rice, keep stirring over low heat until the mixture turns to juk-like texture (not too watery but smoothly thicky).
4.Put the Chinese rock sugar in the saucepan, stir until melt. Add the red dates and hawberries to the juk and heat for another 3 minutes.
Serve in bowls.
Tricks of the trade:
1. Leave all the nuts in cold water overnight before use.
2. If desired, add some dried longan and white wood ear fugus (leave in cold water for about 2-4 hours and cut into very fine shreds before use) to the juk (together with the red dates and hawberries).
3. Some regions in China use glutinous rice instead of the millet for this juk.
This is a traditional Chinese dessert recipe. It’s very easy to prepare it. In fact, you just cook the ingredients with water. I shared it with my family. Actually, I cook sometimes this kind of dessert to my parents, but every time I felt very warm and prove of me. This dish is makes of 8 kinds of nuts and beans. It’s very healthy and you can change the recipe easily. For example, add some salt instead of sugar, this will make the dish salty but still delicious. It’s very environmental because it’s a no meal dish. Furthermore, I use a thermo cooker that keep dish cooking without using electricity. Consequently, I don’t use a lot of energy. Some of ingredients are not very common but I think you can find all the ingredients in Chinatown or in a Muslim store. Even if you can’t find all the ingredients, you can always change the recipe.
1. Leave all the nuts in cold water overnight before use.
2. If desired, add some dried longan and white wood ear fugus (leave in cold water for about 2-4 hours and cut into very fine shreds before use) to the juk (together with the red dates and hawberries).
3. Some regions in China use glutinous rice instead of the millet for this juk.
This is a traditional Chinese dessert recipe. It’s very easy to prepare it. In fact, you just cook the ingredients with water. I shared it with my family. Actually, I cook sometimes this kind of dessert to my parents, but every time I felt very warm and prove of me. This dish is makes of 8 kinds of nuts and beans. It’s very healthy and you can change the recipe easily. For example, add some salt instead of sugar, this will make the dish salty but still delicious. It’s very environmental because it’s a no meal dish. Furthermore, I use a thermo cooker that keep dish cooking without using electricity. Consequently, I don’t use a lot of energy. Some of ingredients are not very common but I think you can find all the ingredients in Chinatown or in a Muslim store. Even if you can’t find all the ingredients, you can always change the recipe.
By: Qi
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