Eight Precious Pudding

== Description ==
Chinese cuisine 
== Ingredients ==
* 1 ounce lotus seeds
* 2 cups cold water
* 2 ounces Chinese red dates
* 2 cups glutinous rice
* 1/4 cup Sugar
* 3 tablespoons oil
* 1 red maraschino cherry, stemless
* 1 cup any candied fruits
* 1 cup red bean paste
== Directions ==
# Add lotus seeds to cold water in saucepan. 
# Bring to boil. Simmer on low heat 20 minutes. 
# Drain and cool. Split into halves. Set aside.
# Put red dates in bowl on rack in pot or in steamer. 
# Steam covered over boiling water 30 minutes. Set aside.
# Put rice in pot with water level 3/4 inch above rice. 
# Bring to boil. Simmer 20 minutes. 
# Stir in Sugar and remaining 2 tablespoons oil. 
# Mix well. Set aside.
# Grease medium-sized bowl heavily with oil. 
# Place cherry in center. 
# Arrange lotus seeds, red dates, and candied fruits in circles around bottom and up to edge of bowl, glazed side down.
# Spread a layer of rice mixture over fruits carefully so as not to spoil the design. 
# Spoon a layer of red bean paste over the rice. 
# Cover with another layer of rice. Pack tight.
# Place bowl on rack in pot or in steamer. Cover. 
# Steam over boiling water 1 hour. 
# Remove pudding carefully by running flexible spatula around edge. 
# Put serving plate over bowl and invert bowl.
# Serve pudding with sweet almond Sauce - 
# Boil 3 tablespoons Sugar in 1 cup water, stirring to dissolve the Sugar. 
# Stir in 1 teaspoon almond extract. 
# Thicken with 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons water.
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