Steamed Rice Cake

Name: Steamed Rice Cake
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500g Glutinous rice; 200g Jujube; 200g water

by Zhen Zhen

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

1h

Serving

2

Nian gao, nian gao symbolizes that a perfect life is getting better and higher each year. The nian gao is delicious and the color is good. Therefore, a plate of nian gao is served during the New Year’s Eve dinner, and one piece of nian gao is eaten by one person. Caitou is a must-have for family gatherings every year, as well as a daily snack to relieve hunger.

Ingredients

500g Glutinous Rice
200g Jujube
200g Water

Steamed Rice Cake

1. Beat the glutinous rice with a cooking machine, add water and stir until it can be kneaded into a dough

2. Sprinkle evenly in the mold

3. Sprinkle a layer of soaked jujube, then sprinkle a layer of glutinous rice flour, a layer of jujube, and a layer of glutinous rice flour

4. Put the mold into the steamer and steam for about 45 minutes (the time when the pot is on)

5. After being out of the pan, take off the mold, cool down, dip a knife in cold water, and cut into the shape you like.

Tips:
It takes a long time to steam the rice cakes, so the water in the pot must be added to prevent the pot from drying out.

It can be steamed directly on the grate without a mold