How to make northern glutinous rice cakes:

1. The hard stems of red dates need to be removed, otherwise they will hurt your stomach if eaten. Carefully remove them one by one, and select the red dates with insect holes. Then cook the red dates in boiling water until soft, remove and drain and set aside. 2. Pour all the glutinous rice noodles into a large basin, slowly pour in water and stir with your hands. Let the glutinous rice noodles be wet with water but not so wet that they form a ball. 3. Be patient during this process, add water slowly, and stir quickly with your hands. 4. Until all the glutinous rice noodles are lightly wetted with water, hold a handful of glutinous rice noodles and they are still loose. This degree must be controlled well. If there is dry powder, the viscosity of the steamed sticky cake will be reduced and it will be difficult to steam. 5. Then take the steamer, put a layer of cabbage leaves on the grate, place the red dates on the cabbage leaves one by one, hold the glutinous rice noodles in both hands, and spread an even layer on the red dates. It should be thick, about seven or eight centimeters. look like. Then heat up and steam for about 20 minutes until the first layer of rice cake is cooked. 6. Then continue to spread a layer of red dates, continue to spread glutinous rice noodles on top of the red dates, cover the pot and continue steaming, take it off the heat for about 25 minutes. You can use chopsticks to poke some small holes in the top layer to facilitate the passage of water vapor and make the rice cake cook better.