2. Steam on medium fire for 20 minutes until cooked;
3. Add sugar to the cooked rice;
4. Stir until the sugar melts;
5. Take a container and brush the oil with a brush so that the rice will not stick to the container when it is taken out;
6. Put equivalent candied dates, cranberries, raisins, etc. on the plate;
7. Put half of the rice into the container;
8. Press flat by hand;
9. Add bean paste;
10, and then put the remaining rice into the flat;
1 1, put it on the steamer again and steam it on medium fire 15 minutes;
12. After steaming, pour it upside down on a plate and pour a little osmanthus sauce on it.
Remarks:
1, the ratio of rice to water is generally one to one.
2. Sugar and candied fruit depend on everyone's taste.
3, the characteristics of the eight-treasure rice: sweet and not greasy, bright color.
Information related to Babao rice:
Eight-treasure rice, according to legend, originated from the celebration banquet of the king of Wu. Zhou was the last master of the Shang Dynasty, with extraordinary brawn, agility and eloquence, drunkenness and lust, and tyranny. 1 123 BC, Zhou Wuwang led a vassal to the east and was defeated by Mu Ye, south of Hongxian county in Henan province. He died of self-immolation, and the king of Wu ruled the world, with his capital in the pickaxe, that is, today's Chang' an West Shanglin Garden. In the great cause of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, Boda, Bo Shi, Zhong Tu, Zhong Hu, Shu Ye, Shu Xia, Ji Sui, and Ji Lie to eight scholars, who made great contributions and won the reputation of King Wu and the people. At the celebration banquet of King Wu's attack on Zhou, the whole world was jubilant, the soldiers were jumping for joy, and people made an eight-treasure meal to celebrate the occasion. Eight treasures symbolize eight scholars who have made meritorious deeds.