Usually glutinous rice is used instead of rice to make rice cakes, because rice is not sticky and the rice cakes will be too hard. Glutinous rice is more sticky, which will make the rice cake Q soft and glutinous. Before making rice cakes, it should be washed until the water is no longer turbid and soaked for more than eight hours, and then polished into powder. The process of making rice cakes is more complicated, and the rice cakes made by hand will taste much better than those made by machines.

The difference between rice cakes and Ciba.

1, raw material difference. The main raw material of Zanba is generally glutinous rice, while the main raw material currently used in rice cakes is generally rice.

2, the production process difference. Ciba is mainly made by steaming glutinous rice, and then beating it by hand or machine until it has no rice grains, and then cutting it, while rice cakes are mainly made by grinding rice, then adding water to knead it into balls and steaming it in a pot, and finally beating it with the machine while greasing it, cutting it into strips and freezing it in a refrigerator.

3. Color difference. Ciba is generally white in color, but slightly dark in color, without luster, while rice cakes are generally pure white in color, with normal color and luster.

4, the taste is different. Ciba is generally soft and delicious in the mouth, soft and chewy, and sweet after eating, while the taste of rice cake is relatively elastic, even if it is boiled, it is full of toughness, and its taste is much better than that of Ciba.