Different tools take different time to steam glutinous rice. If you steam glutinous rice in wooden barrels, it usually takes about half an hour. If you steam glutinous rice in a pressure cooker, it usually takes only ten minutes.

China is called glutinous rice in the south and glutinous rice in the north. Glutinous rice is the main raw material for making glutinous rice snacks, such as zongzi, eight-treasure porridge, rice cake and so on. It is also the main raw material for brewing glutinous rice wine (sweet rice wine) in southern China. Glutinous rice contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, nicotinic acid and starch.