Summary of the method of simple eight-treasure rice

The ingredients for Eight Treasure Rice Pudding are usually: It is best to choose red dates with fuller grains, as the flesh of such red dates is sweeter and will make the Eight Treasure Rice Pudding sweet. For glutinous rice, you need to check the color of the rice. Good glutinous rice will make the eight-treasure rice pudding softer. Preserved fruits and brown sugar need to be adjusted according to personal taste. As for the steaming time, it needs to be adjusted according to the amount of rice. Generally, it is chosen to steam directly over high heat.

Simple Eight Treasure Rice Preparation:

Method for glutinous rice, red bean paste, assorted preserved fruits and white sugar: Use a pressure cooker or electric rice cooker to cook the glutinous rice into hard rice (do not add too much water) and mix with white sugar while it is hot. Apply cooking oil to the bowl, cut the preserved fruit into strips and place them in a pattern on the bottom of the bowl, add a layer of glutinous rice, a layer of red bean paste, and then another layer of glutinous rice (two layers of red bean paste for elegance) until it is level with the rim of the bowl. Steam it to eat and place it upside down on a plate.

Qin Yishen's note: Using Beijing preserved fruits as the "Eight Treasures" is the most convenient method. Of course, other ingredients can also be added. The original method requires mixing rice with lard, which is no longer suitable for modern times.

Simple eight-treasure rice making process:

Soak glutinous rice for 4 hours. Soak the steamer cloth in water, squeeze it dry, put the glutinous rice on the cloth and steam it for 20 minutes. Then put the prepared date paste, almonds, lotus seeds (lotus seeds are afraid of bitterness, so you can remove the core), longan, etc. on the glutinous rice and steam it for another 3 minutes. After taking it out of the pot, you can add a little white sugar and stir it according to your personal taste.

Wash the glutinous rice, add appropriate amount of water and steam it. I used round glutinous rice. Steamed directly in a steamer. Steam for 40-50 minutes. You can also steam it directly in a rice cooker, the same way as steaming rice. Add butter and sugar to the steamed glutinous rice while it is still hot and mix well. I didn’t have lard at home, so I used President butter, which was also very fragrant! Prepare a bowl and grease it with butter or lard. To facilitate the removal of finished products. Arrange the red dates, raisins, cranberries and almonds into shapes. You can adjust the types of dried fruits as you like. Put the glutinous rice mixed with butter and sugar into a bowl, but don't fill it up. Remember to move slowly so as not to destroy the shape of the dried fruits. Put the red bean paste filling in the middle.

Notes on simple eight-treasure rice :

Glutinous rice is difficult to digest, so don’t eat too much at one time. If you steam too much glutinous rice, you can divide it into two small bowls and make two small eight-treasure rice puddings. Eat one and keep one in the refrigerator for easy storage.