Five methods of donkey-hide gelatin cake that you must know for health preservation

Autumn and winter are the best seasons for nourishing the body. The first choice for female friends to replenish qi and blood is donkey-hide gelatin cake. Although donkey-hide gelatin cake is good, if you buy fake products, it will not only be useless but also extremely harmful to the body. Women who love to eat donkey-hide gelatin cakes may wish to try making their own donkey-hide gelatin cakes. So what are the methods of making donkey-hide gelatin cakes?

How to make donkey hide gelatin cake

Donkey-hide gelatin is sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and belongs to three meridians. Donkey-hide gelatin cake can replenish qi and blood, nourish yin and moisten the lungs. Beautify your skin and improve sleep. The best way to eat donkey-hide gelatin is to make it into donkey-hide gelatin cake, which can regulate menstruation and protect pregnancy, and eliminate various menstrual discomforts in women. Donkey-hide gelatin cake is made according to traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. Traditional Chinese medicine is decocted repeatedly, the residue is removed, the juice is decocted and then concentrated over low heat, and donkey-hide gelatin is added to make a thick semi-fluid oral preparation.

Walnuts and donkey-hide gelatin are made into a paste and eaten as a common food among the people in modern times. The formation of this custom has a lot to do with the Empress Dowager Cixi. "Stories about the Qing Palace" records: "The Empress Dowager Cixi loved to eat walnut and donkey-hide gelatin paste, so her skin was smooth in old age and she did not look old." The earlier origin of this medicine comes from a folk secret recipe, known as the Imperial Concubine Beauty Cream, which contains walnut and donkey-hide gelatin as well as black sesame, rice wine and rock sugar. It is said that this recipe was created by Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty. Regular consumption can nourish the blood, moisturize the skin, and make the hair black.

Here are some methods for making homemade donkey-hide gelatin cake.

1. Ejiao Longan Cake

Ingredients: donkey-hide gelatin, cooked black sesame seeds, cooked walnut kernels, longan meat, red date meat, and rock sugar.

Method: It will be easier to handle the donkey-hide gelatin after it is crushed. You can wrap it in a clean cloth, then break it up and soak it in rice wine. It takes about 2 days to soften it. Then prepare black sesame seeds and fry them in a pan. The walnut kernels must be cooked, and you can process them yourself in the microwave. Take out the softened donkey-hide gelatin, put it in a pot to steam it, add rock sugar after 30 minutes, and stir it frequently. After dissolving, the donkey-hide gelatin water will become viscous. Then sprinkle in the walnut kernels and stir. Sprinkle in longan and stir. Sprinkle in red dates and stir. Sprinkle in black sesame seeds and stir. After putting all the ingredients in, stir them evenly, then pour them into a container and put them in the refrigerator to cool for one day. Then turn the container upside down on the table, take out the donkey-hide gelatin paste, remove the plastic wrap, and cut into slices.

Efficacy: Nourishes the kidney and blood, moisturizes the skin and beautifies.

2. Sesame Walnut Donkey-hide Gelatin Cake

Ingredients: 100 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, 300 grams of rice wine, 50 grams each of sesame seeds and walnut kernels.

Method: Crush the donkey-hide gelatin and put it in a bowl; soak the crushed donkey-hide gelatin in rice wine for 3 days; put the walnut kernels in a conditioning bag, flatten them with your hands, and then crush them with a knife. After the wok is hot, add sesame seeds and stir-fry until fragrant; pour the donkey-hide gelatin that has been soaked for 3 days into the casserole. Simmer over low heat, stirring the casserole constantly to prevent it from sticking. When it boils to a certain point, it will roll up with many small bubbles, become sticky, and turn golden in color. Then pour in sesame seeds and walnut kernels, stirring constantly to fully blend them. Add rock sugar and simmer over low heat until it becomes sticky. Finally pour into a container, wait to cool, and refrigerate. Take one spoon each morning and evening. No need to take more. Suitable for winter and should be taken regularly.

Efficacy: Nourishes blood, beautifies skin, enhances immunity and improves sleep.

3. Ejiao and wolfberry paste

Ingredients: 120g donkey-hide gelatin, 125g black sesame, 60g wolfberry, 80g rock sugar, 8g honey, 40g tortoise powder.

Preparation method: Add 400 ml of water to dissolve the donkey-hide gelatin, sucrose and honey, pour into a stainless steel pot on an induction cooker, heat on medium heat on the induction cooker, and stir constantly to completely dissolve the donkey-hide gelatin and sucrose. Take tortoise jelly powder, add 400 ml of water and mix into a paste. Pour into a stainless steel pot, heat over high heat until boiling, then heat over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes, add black sesame seeds and wolfberries, turn down heat and keep boiling for 2 minutes. Pour into a box, let cool, and store in the refrigerator. Take twice a day, 60 grams each time, scoop out with a clean spoon and refrigerate the rest.

Efficacy: It has the function of nourishing the kidney and improving essence, and can enhance the body's immunity.

4. Ejiao, Lily, Lotus Seed and Guyuan Paste

Ingredients: 120g donkey-hide gelatin, 100g lotus seeds, 60g lily, 80g sucrose, 8g honey, 40g tortoise powder.

Preparation method: Add 400 ml of water to dissolve donkey-hide gelatin, sucrose and honey, pour into a stainless steel pot on an induction cooker, heat on medium heat on the induction cooker, and stir constantly until the donkey-hide gelatin and sucrose are completely dissolved. Take Guiling powder, add 400 ml of water and mix into a paste. Pour into a stainless steel pot, heat over high heat until boiling, then heat over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes, add lotus seeds and lilies, turn down the heat and keep it boiling for 2 minutes. Pour into a box, let cool, and store in the refrigerator. Take twice a day, 60 grams each time, scoop out with a clean spoon and refrigerate the rest.

Efficacy: Nourishes blood and replenishes Qi, promotes the production of body fluids and quenches thirst, nourishes yin and clears away heat.

5. Ginseng donkey-hide gelatin cake

Ingredients: 150g donkey-hide gelatin, 350ml rice wine, appropriate amount of ginseng or ginseng powder, longan meat, and rock sugar.

Method: Soak donkey-hide gelatin in rice wine until it becomes sponge-like, then add a little water and stew until it melts. Add appropriate amount of ginseng or ginseng powder, add longan meat and mix well, add rock sugar and steam for about 1 hour. Cool into jelly and refrigerate. Take 1 to 2 spoons each morning and evening.

Efficacy: Suitable for symptoms such as qi deficiency, fatigue, weakness, palpitations and chills.