The method of grinding glutinous rice into cakes is also very early. This can be proved by Qi Min Yao Shu written by Jia Sixie in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The production method is that glutinous rice flour is sieved with silk, and then added with water and honey to form a hard dough, and dates and chestnuts are attached to the dough, and then wrapped with bamboo leaves and steamed. This kind of glutinous rice cake has the characteristics of the Central Plains.

rice cakes are mostly made of glutinous rice flour, and glutinous rice is a special product in the south of the Yangtze River. In northern China, sticky millet (commonly known as yellow rice) was first introduced in ancient times. This kind of millet hulled powder, after steamed with water, is yellow, sticky and sweet, and it is a delicious food for people in the Yellow River valley to celebrate the harvest. The article "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" published during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty recorded that Beijingers at that time would "eat millet cakes on the New Year's Day of the first month and celebrate the New Year's cakes". It is not difficult to see that "New Year's cake" is a homonym of "sticky cake" in the north.

An experienced rice cake master said that the most important thing to make a good rice cake is to pay attention to the use of water and oil. In addition, whether glutinous rice flour is pure or not is also very important. Most glutinous rice flour bought in the general market is mixed with other rice flour, so it is not soft enough to eat. Rice cakes should be made directly from glutinous rice in order to ensure the purity and original flavor of rice cakes. Making rice cakes is very simple. Rice cakes can be made into many flavors, but all of them are based on the most basic original rice cakes with other materials that people like, such as red dates.

The rice cake is not only a kind of holiday food, but also brings people new hope with the passing of the year, which means that everything goes well every year.

Innovative production method of rice cakes

Babao rice cakes

Raw materials: 1, grams of glutinous rice, 2 grams of sugar, 2 grams of hemp seed, 2 grams of green plums, 2 grams of raisins, 2 grams of preserved peaches and 2 grams of white lotus.

Practice

1. Wash 1, grams of glutinous rice, soak it in water for 24 hours, steam it in a drawer, take it out, mash it with a wooden stick, and spread it to cool for later use.

2. Stir 2g of white sugar, Fructus Cannabis, Fructus Pruni, raisin, preserved peach, white gourd strip and lotus root to make stuffing.

3. Brush a layer of lard in the square dish, spread the mashed 1 cm thick glutinous rice, put a proper amount of stuffing in each layer, and spread three layers.

Babao rice cake

Babao rice cake

4. After steaming in the pot, cut it into small pieces with a knife and serve.

sandwich rice cake

raw materials: 1, grams of glutinous rice, 5 grams of adzuki beans, 5 grams of green shreds, 5 grams of red shreds and a proper amount of sugar.

Practice

1. Wash 1 grams of glutinous rice, soak it for 24 hours, steam it in a drawer, take it out and mash it with a wooden stick, then spread it out and cut it into two pieces.

2. Boil 5g of adzuki beans, add 5g of sugar and 5g of green shredded pork to make stuffing.

Sandwiched cheese rice cake

Sandwiched cheese rice cake

3. Sprinkle the stuffing on the surface of one piece, then place the other piece on the stuffing for compaction and compaction, and then cut it into pieces with a knife. [3]

Fried rice cake

Raw materials: 1,g glutinous rice, 25g japonica rice, 5g lard, 5g sugar, 5g osmanthus sauce and a little peanut oil.

Practice

1. Wash and soak 1 grams of glutinous rice and 25 grams of japonica rice, then add water and grind them into powder slurry, and put them into a cloth bag to dry the water.

2. put the slurry into a basin, add 5g of lard, 5g of sugar and 5g of osmanthus sauce, and mix well.

3. Brush peanut oil on the square plate, put the stirred dough into the plate and spread it flat, then steam it on the drawer for about 3 minutes.

Fried rice cakes

Fried rice cakes

4. Cool and cut into cubes, then put them in a peanut oil pan and fry them thoroughly over medium heat.

soup rice cake

raw materials: rice cake, red beans and tremella.

Practice

1. Wash the tremella and soak the red beans in hot water for half an hour.

2. add a bowl of water and stew for half an hour.

3. After half an hour, add tremella to start cooking and stew for another half an hour.

Tang Niangao

Tang Niangao

4. After the rice cake is steamed, slice it or roll it into the soup.