The main ingredients of eight-treasure rice are glutinous rice, honey and rock sugar. You can DIY the other dried fruits according to your own taste and preference. For example, this eight-treasure rice uses 5 dried Hami apricots, 1 red date, 5 strips of hawthorn paste and 15 raisins. Preparation method:

First steam the glutinous rice, add boiling water with melted rock sugar and stir evenly. The amount of rock sugar depends on personal taste.

Put a layer of plastic wrap on the bottom of a large bowl, put the dates, dried apricots, raisins and hawthorn paste into the bowl and arrange them into a pattern.

After the dried fruits are arranged, cover them with the mixed glutinous rice and flatten the surface.

Put the glutinous rice in the large bowl upside down on a plate (protected by plastic wrap, the glutinous rice will not stick to the bowl).

Now you know what the eight-treasure rice will look like after it is ready

Finally, put the plated eight-treasure rice into the steamer and steam it for 30 minutes.

Preparation time: about 1 hour

Tips: When placing the eight-treasure rice on the plate, first cover the plate on the mouth of the bowl and press it with both hands to flip it over.

Comments: The eight-treasure rice tastes so fragrant and glutinous. Drizzle some honey before serving it to make it more delicious.