The main ingredient of eight-treasure rice is glutinous rice. The best choice of glutinous rice is the new rice of that year. New rice has higher moisture content, white beige color and good taste. There are two common kinds of glutinous rice, one is long and slender glutinous rice, and the other is round glutinous rice. Compared with the vacuum-packed eight-treasure rice in the supermarket, the homemade eight-treasure rice has richer ingredients, is healthier, and has its own sweetness. Controlled, not overly sweet, soft and chewy, non-sticky to the teeth, it is a healthy and delicious dessert suitable for the whole family to enjoy! Steamed sugar and some nuts, lotus seeds, red dates, dried honey candies, etc.! The symbolism is very strong, lotus seeds represent marriage harmony, longan represents reunion, red dates represent early birth of a child, barley represents longevity, melon seeds represent a safe and disaster-free life... and so on, depending on the different practices.
Main ingredients★★500 grams of glutinous rice, 50 grams each of lotus seeds, candied dates, melon sticks, green plums, Beijing cakes, preserved apples, raisins, etc. (add or reduce according to personal preference), 300 grams of bean paste filling , 180 grams of sugar. One of the key points of eight-treasure rice: the glutinous rice used is round glutinous rice. ?Glutinous rice can be divided into long glutinous rice and round glutinous rice. Long glutinous rice is indica glutinous rice, with long and slender rice grains, pinkish-white, opaque color and strong stickiness. Round glutinous rice belongs to Japonica glutinous rice, with a round and short shape, white and opaque color, and a sweet taste. From then on, the eight-treasure rice became a famous snack of Juzhenyuan, and later became famous all over the world. The main raw materials of eight-treasure rice include glutinous rice, red dates, lotus seeds, longan meat, barley kernel rice, honeyed winter melon strips, honeyed cherries, osmanthus sugar, etc. Steam it first and make it into a dough, then add sugar and lard and stew it.
Ingredients: 1 pound of glutinous rice, 500 grams of red beans, 25 grams of longan, 60 grams of lotus seeds, 200 grams of candied fruit (honey can also be used) 60 grams of barley, 20 red dates, white sugar, red dates. Method: preserved fruits, longan Meat, honey cherries, honey winter melon, barley rice, and melon seeds are all given the meaning of good luck, harmony, and peace. Nowadays, the way of making eight-treasure rice is different. People will add supplementary ingredients and seasonings according to their personal preferences. The eight-treasure rice is very glutinous and soft, with a sweet taste that brings out the aroma of eight kinds of food. It has a sticky feeling and a good taste!