Eight-treasure porridge

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Serves 2

150g glutinous rice

75g small red beans

75g soybeans

50g red dates

50g lotus seeds

50g peaches

50g peanuts

50g chestnuts

Wash small red beans and soybeans and put them into two small aluminum pots; add fresh water to cover the beans, 4cm above the beans, and cook for about 1 hour until water is boiled away.

Wash and peel lotus seeds and take out their nuts and wash; peel peaches and break each in half; soak peanuts in boiling water for 10 min and peel them; wash and pit red dates and chestnuts, and wash the rice.