Ingredients?
350g glutinous rice
250g red bean paste
50g lard
50g white sugar
4 red dates
5 ripe walnuts
A few watermelon seeds
A few raisins
25 dried longans
A few pine nuts
How to make the very, very delicious Shanghai eight-treasure rice?
Wash the glutinous rice and soak it for 4 hours, put it in a steamer, boil the water and steam it for 30 seconds minute. After about 20 minutes, you can open the lid and pour some water on the glutinous rice. This ensures that the rice on the outermost surface is moist and soft.
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Pour the rice into a large cooking basin, mix the pork and sugar evenly while it is hot. If you are particular about it, you can use rock sugar powder instead of white sugar. Of course, this subtle taste difference is not so obvious.
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Take a porcelain bowl and smear lard on the bowl with a brush. It’s convenient to put dried fruits at the bottom of the bowl to “position” them later. On the other hand, rice pudding steamed this way is more shiny. (If you are making a lot and freezing it in the refrigerator, just cover it with plastic wrap. This step is omitted.)
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Cover the bottom of the porcelain bowl My favorite dried fruit. I really like longan meat and raisins. Red and green silk are very annoying. Steam in a steamer over high heat for 10 minutes, then take out and place on a plate.
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After laying out the dried fruits, scoop a large spoonful of glutinous rice into the bowl. Then compact with a spoon. Make a hollow in the middle and leave it to be filled with red bean paste. Some people worry that the bottom pattern will be scattered, but in fact there is no need to worry at all. After scooping the rice in, press it slightly and the dried fruits will be fixed.
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Fill in an amount of red bean paste approximately equal to that of rice. You can also reduce the amount of rice by 4/5
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Cover with a ball of glutinous rice and compact it with your hands.
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If you want to eat it directly, steam it in a steamer over high heat for 10 minutes, then turn it upside down and it's ready. If you store it in the refrigerator, wrap it in plastic wrap, shape it slightly with your hands, and then put it in the freezer.
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Tips
It is best to make red bean paste yourself.