The day after tomorrow is the New Year’s Eve. In the past two days, everyone must have started to prepare New Year’s Eve dinner, such as fried hairtail, fried crispy pork, braised pork, braised beef, eight-treasure rice, etc., all can be prepared in advance It is prepared and can be eaten during the Chinese New Year, which is convenient and saves time.

Speaking of eight-treasure rice, this dish is a must-have delicacy in every household. It has a sweet and soft texture, plus a variety of delicious dried fruits. It tastes unique. Moreover, if you have eaten too much salty food, take a bite. It's sweet, but still extremely comfortable. There are different ways to make rice pudding, but if you want it to be delicious, the rice must be soft, glutinous and not raw, and must be both sticky and elastic.

Many friends steam the rice directly in the pot when making eight-treasure rice. As a result, the rice is in pieces when it comes out of the pot, and the roots are not soft and glutinous. Some people put the glutinous rice into the pot and cook it first, and then cook it into glutinous rice porridge. Steaming again, although this method makes the glutinous rice very soft, it does ensure the elasticity of the glutinous rice, and it is also more troublesome. Today I will share with you the correct method of making glutinous rice. Remember "1, put, 2, pour". The glutinous rice will be fragrant and moist without being cooked. , especially delicious.

Put it away

Usually we use glutinous rice to make eight-treasure rice. There are round and long glutinous rice. The long one is what northerners usually call "jiangmi". Glutinous rice needs to be prepared in advance. Soak it overnight so that it can completely absorb the water, so that the glutinous rice will be soft and glutinous. The soaked glutinous rice should be crumbly when you squeeze it lightly with your hands.

After draining the soaked glutinous rice, you need to add an appropriate amount of melted lard. The purpose of adding lard is to make the glutinous rice full and fragrant and taste more fragrant and glutinous.

Second pour

You can add brown sugar or white sugar to the soaked glutinous rice. You can control the sweetness by yourself, but it should not be too sweet, otherwise it will be a bit greasy. Brush the bottom of the bowl with oil and put your favorite dried fruits, such as dates, raisins, peanuts, etc. The shape is random, you can put it in any shape you like.

After everything is laid, we need to spray water for the first time, which is to pour a small amount of boiling water into the glutinous rice, about 100 ml, and then steam it in a pot with boiling water for 40 minutes. When it is halfway through the steaming, We need to continue pouring water on the glutinous rice so that the steamed eight-treasure rice will be softer, glutinous and more delicious.

Just cover the steamed eight-treasure rice with a plate and turn it upside down. If you want the surface to be more shiny, you can fry a thin layer of starch water in the pot, then add sugar and fry until it is slightly sticky. Thick, then pour it over rice pudding.