Eight Treasure Rice

Name: Eight Treasure Rice
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 150g Glutinous rice; 10 Lotus seed; 15 Red dates; Some Dried cranberries; Some raisin; Some Hawthorn Cake; Some Candied Pineapple; Some butter; Some Sugar

by Wanshanhong

4.6 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

2h

Serving

2

Every year during the New Year, the eight-treasure rice is always indispensable for the first and second day of the new year. The eight-treasure rice tastes sweet, which means the treasures from all directions, so whether you are eating at home or having a hotel dinner, this eight-treasure rice is a must-have dessert. My family can’t eat hotel meals because of the elderly, so the first-year meal is cooked at home. I also show off my cooking skills and cook eight-treasure rice for my family. The response is good. The slightly improved eight-treasure rice tastes very good. "

Ingredients

Eight Treasure Rice

1. Soak the glutinous rice with water one day in advance, with more water, so that the water will not be enough after the rice is soaked.

2. Pour out the water in the rice (don't decanted all the water, leave a little appropriately), spread the rice on a cloth and steam for 40 minutes

3. While the steamed rice is hot, add sugar and butter and mix well.

4. Soak the lotus seeds in advance

5. Cut off two red dates, remove the date cores, and stuff the lotus seeds into the dates

6. Also prepare dried cranberries. Raisins, hawthorn cake and pineapple compote. Hawthorn cakes and pineapple compotes are all made by myself, don’t worry.

7. Take a suitable size bowl, brush with a layer of oil, and place red dates, raisins and cranberries on the bottom

8. , And then spread a layer of rice on top. On top of the rice, put dates stuffed with lotus seeds around, then spread pineapple preserves, and put hawthorn cakes in the middle

9. Cover with a layer of rice, and put all the jujubes left over the rice

10. Then press another layer of rice. Put it in the basket and steam for another 20 minutes

11. Surround the sides with sliced oranges, pour the eight-treasure rice onto the top and serve

Tips:
The bowl must be clean and water-free, and must be brushed with a layer of oil, so that it will not stick and it is easy to pour out a complete eight-treasure rice