Preparation of ingredients:

Sticky rice (glutinous rice), red dates, water

Making steps:

Sticky rice is washed, soaked in cool water for more than eight hours, and then spread a layer of soaked glutinous rice in the rice cooker, about 1cm;

Red dates are washed, soaked in warm water, and evenly spread a layer of red dates on the rice.

Spread the rest of the rice on top of the red dates and compact it. Take a small cup filled with water circle, turning in a circle, evenly and slowly pour the water into the pot (must be slow to pour the water, otherwise it will all float up early), until the water and rice level (water does not have to be not more than the rice level can be, the rice soaked eight hours, has absorbed enough water). Start the rice cooker.

5. At the end of the cooking process, open the lid of the cooker and press the rice firmly with a spatula and a spoon.

6. Put the lid back on the cooker and keep it warm for two hours, then turn off the power, wait for the rice cake to cool and then use a rice spatula to warp it along the side of the cooker, invert the cake onto a plate, cut it and serve.

Extended information:

Checao has a long history, as early as the Silk Road period, Xinjiang is an important transportation hub for domestic and foreign caravans, but also an important food supply station. As the merchants were making long journeys, the food they carried had to be long-lasting and easy to carry.

And to be rich in essential nutrients, a variety of amino acids and trace elements, such as vitamin C, otherwise people traveling down, like Da Gama and Magellan ocean-going fleet of sailors, is going to get scurvy and die.

And the easy to save, easy to carry and high nutritional characteristics of the cut cake is to meet the needs of people traveling to and from the trade routes.