How to steam rice in pumpkin

Steaming rice in pumpkin is a better way to cook it. Pumpkin has a high nutritional value. It contains a variety of vitamins and minerals. It also contains pectin, which has a good adsorption effect and has a good detoxification and beauty effect. The method of steaming rice in pumpkin is also relatively simple. First, you need to prepare a suitable pumpkin, then prepare an appropriate amount of rice, and prepare an appropriate amount of water. It is very suitable for the elderly and children.

How to steam rice in pumpkin

Main ingredients: Beibei pumpkin, 40g rice , auxiliary ingredients: appropriate amount of water

1. Prepare the raw materials. The ingredients are very simple. You only need a baby pumpkin and some rice. The amount of rice should be determined based on the size of the babe pumpkin you choose;

2. Wash the rice and soak it in clean water for about 1 hour; (Because the steaming time is short, the rice should be soaked in advance, otherwise it will be undercooked)

3. Cut out the top of the pumpkin, then hollow out the inner flesh. You can dig out some pumpkin as needed;

4. Cut the pumpkin into small pieces and mix it with the soaked rice;

5. Put the mixed rice and pumpkin back into the hollowed-out pumpkin belly; don’t fill it up to the brim, about 60% full will do, and also add clean water!

6. Pour water into the pumpkin and steam it in the steamer for 30 minutes;

7. The pumpkin is steamed. At this time, the pumpkin is in good shape, and the rice and pumpkin inside are cooked, exuding a sweet pumpkin flavor.

8. The rice is steamed very soft, and the baby pumpkin itself is soft, sticky and sweet, so you can dig it out and eat them together. The skin of the baby pumpkin is also edible, and the whole pumpkin rice bowl can be finished. After it was steamed and brought to the dining table, the children clapped their hands when they saw it and said that the pumpkin rice was delicious.

Cooking Tips

The pumpkin and rice can also be dug out and steamed in a rice cooker, and the taste is just as great, but this time, the pumpkin is used as a container to steam the rice, and the children will find it very unique and it will taste even better!