What can rice flour do?

Japonica rice is the main food in the southern region. It is a type of rice and there are many ways to eat it. Japonica rice flour is one of the ways people eat japonica rice. Many people don’t know what foods can be made with glutinous rice flour. In fact, glutinous rice flour can be made into pastries. For example, the white snow steamed cake and sweet potato dumplings that southerners often eat contain glutinous rice flour. Let’s learn how to make these two foods.

1. White Snow Steamed Cake

Just hearing the name makes you hungry. The Snow Steamed Cake is as pure white as the snow in winter.

Prepare the ingredients: 2 cups of glutinous rice flour, 40g of sugar, some nuts, some red dates, 2 spoons of water

Production process:

1. Add 2 spoons of water to the rice flour.

2. Then use your hands to gently rub the rice flour to mix it with water thoroughly.

3. To confirm the water content in the rice noodles, you can squeeze a handful of rice noodles into a ball, then open your hands and shake it gently. If the rice noodles do not fall apart, it means the water content is just right.

4. Then sift the rice flour with a flour sieve and press the rice flour repeatedly by hand.

5. Add sugar to the sifted rice flour and mix well.

6. Put the steamer cloth into the steamer and put the mold in. Sprinkle a spoonful of white sugar on the bottom of the mold.

7. Then pour the rice flour evenly and use a scraper to smooth the surface.

8. Use a ruler to cut the rice flour into small pieces and decorate them with nuts and jujube flowers.

9. Cover and steam over high heat for 25 minutes. You can put a steamer cloth under the lid.

10. The steamed cake should be simmered for 5 minutes, then uncovered and allowed to cool slightly.

11. Then take out and cut into pieces and eat.

2. Sweet potato dumplings

Prepare the materials:

Main ingredients: 5 sweet potatoes, 120g glutinous rice flour, 350g polished rice flour. Accessories: some oil, some sugar.

Production process:

1. Peel the sweet potatoes, wash, chop, add sugar, add water and cook until soft.

2. Use a spoon to mash the cooked sweet potatoes, the finer the better. You can also use a food processor to mash them.

3. Add the mashed sweet potato paste into glutinous rice flour and rice flour, and make into sweet potato dumplings.

4. If you have a pastry mold: grease the mold, pour the sweet potato balls into it and fill the mold; if you don’t have a mold, you can use other containers.

5. Wait for the water to open and steam for 15 minutes.