Eight Treasure Sweet Rice

Name: Eight Treasure Sweet Rice
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 300 g Glutinous rice (washed and soaked); 50 g Red bean paste; 15 g Candied dates; 10 g Dried longan pulp; 15 g Lotus seeds (the original text contains a typo: 莲于); 10 g Candied kumquat slices; 5 g Green plums; 5 g Melon seeds; 5 g Pine nuts; 15 g Cooked lard (for greasing the bowl and mixing with the rice); 30 g Fine white sugar (for mixing with the rice); 1 g Dried osmanthus flowers; Starch (used for thickening; the original text does not specify the amount), to taste

A traditional Jiangsu sweet dessert, glutinous, fragrant, and rich, with a smooth texture and elegant presentation.

1h 10m

Easy

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Ingredients

Glutinous rice (washed and soaked) 300 g

Red bean paste 50 g

Candied dates 15 g

Dried longan pulp 10 g

Lotus seeds (the original text contains a typo: 莲于) 15 g

Candied kumquat slices 10 g

Green plums 5 g

Melon seeds 5 g

Pine nuts 5 g

Cooked lard (for greasing the bowl and mixing with the rice) 15 g

Fine white sugar (for mixing with the rice) 30 g

Dried osmanthus flowers 1 g

Starch (used for thickening; the original text does not specify the amount) to taste

Instructions

Steam the rice

Wash the glutinous rice, soak it, then steam until cooked, and mix in the fine white sugar and cooked lard.

Assemble in the bowl

Coat the inside of the bowl with lard, arrange the eight kinds of dried fruits and candies into a decorative pattern, fill with the mixed rice, leave a small well in the center, fill the well with red bean paste, then seal the top flat with more rice.

Steam and invert onto the plate

To serve, steam the rice until heated through, invert it onto a plate, and pour a thin glaze made from sugar, starch, and dried osmanthus flowers over the top.