Name: Eight Treasure Rice with Blood Glutinous Rice
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500g Blood glutinous rice; 450g Red bean paste; 50g Peanut oil; 50g White sugar; 20g Red and green silk; 15g Melon seeds; 20g raisin; 30g Candied dates (seedless); 20g Walnut meat; 20g Red dates

Eight Treasure Rice with Blood Glutinous Rice

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Eight-treasure rice is a traditional famous spot of the Han nationality and is a food custom during the Laba Festival. Popular all over the country, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. The recipes in different places are basically the same. Basically, the glutinous rice is steamed, mixed with sugar, oil, sweet-scented osmanthus, poured into a utensil containing red dates, barley, lotus seeds, longans, and other fruit materials, and then poured with sugar marinade. to make. The taste is sweet, and it is a good treat for festivals and hospitality.
This dish has been spread throughout the country for thousands of years. It is bright and beautiful in color, soft and sweet in quality, and is a delicacy on the banquet. Due to local customs, tastes are different, and materials used are also different, but their cooking methods and flavors are basically similar.
Every year before the New Year, I will prepare the eight-treasure rice in advance. This year's eight-treasure rice has added red and green silk to make it more appetizing. There can be many ingredients for the eight-treasure rice, just put your favorite nuts and preserved fruits.

Eight Treasure Rice with Blood Glutinous Rice

1. Wash the blood glutinous rice and soak it in cold water for four or five hours

Eight Treasure Rice with Blood Glutinous Rice recipe

2. Put it in a pot and steam for an hour

3. Stir in the steamed blood glutinous rice with sugar and peanut oil

4. Prepare a bowl, cover it with plastic wrap (heat-resistant), and place various nuts, preserved fruits and red and green silk

5. Spread a layer of blood glutinous rice and flatten it with a spoon

6. Spread red and green silk, melon seeds and raisins around the bowl

7. Then spread a layer of blood sticky rice along the circumference of the bowl (not too much)

8. Add the red kidney bean paste filling

9. Cover with a layer of blood glutinous rice

10. And use a spatula to compact and smooth, and keep it in the refrigerator after cooling

Tips:
1. The blood glutinous rice should be added with proper amount of water and simmered, not too soft;
2. This amount can make about 2-3 eight-treasure rice on average;
3. The finished eight-treasure rice can be stored in the freezer if it is not eaten in time. When you want to eat it, thaw it in advance and put it on the pot and cook until it is soft.