Soak the glutinous rice for half an hour and keep it for later use. Wash red dates and steam for 50 minutes. After the kidney beans are soaked, drink red dates and steam them for 50 minutes.

After the red dates and kidney beans are steamed, take a bowl with a cover and spread a thin layer of glutinous rice at the bottom of the bowl;

Cut the middle of the steamed jujube to get the beard, turn the cut jujube over, pour honey on it, and then spread a layer of glutinous rice;

Spread a layer of steamed kidney beans on glutinous rice, then spread a layer of cut upside-down dates, sprinkle a thin layer of glutinous rice on kidney beans and sprinkle a little kidney beans;

Pour honey water on the steamed cake, cover the pot and steam for 60 minutes.

Ciba is a unique traditional snack in Xi and Guanzhong area, which is made of glutinous rice, red dates or candied dates and red beans steamed on iron retort, hence the name. This snack has a long history. Retort is a very old steamer in ancient China, made of pottery, copper, iron and other materials. After folk inheritance, Tiezan has been preserved to this day, and the sticky cake steamed with it has a unique flavor.