● The glutinous rice should be soaked: the main ingredient in this dish is glutinous rice, and the glutinous rice should be soaked in clear water for enough time to make the starch in the glutinous rice soak and swell, so that it is more convenient to operate in the subsequent production.
● Ingredients collocation: the added "eight-treasure" ingredients should be moderate in hardness, and some tasty nuts and sweet ingredients should be added, so that a bowl of eight-treasure rice will taste better.
● Treatment of glutinous rice: To make glutinous rice with eight-treasure rice, it must be treated twice. The first time, it is cooked in an electric cooker, and the second time, it is steamed together after adding ingredients. After two heating treatments, the taste of glutinous rice will be softer and glutinous, and it can never be made at one time.
How to make eight-treasure rice
● Main ingredients: 25g glutinous rice, red dates, lotus seeds, longan pulp, coix seed, melon seeds, raisins and red bean paste
● Seasoning: white sugar, lard and starch
~ Production steps ~
● Step ① Treatment of glutinous rice
Clean the glutinous rice.
● Step ② Treatment of ingredients
Wash all the ingredients for later use. When the red dates split in two, remove the stones inside, remove the cores from the lotus seeds, and then soak all the ingredients in clean water for 3 minutes for later use.
● Step ③ Cook the glutinous rice
After soaking the glutinous rice, cook the glutinous rice with an electric cooker, then pour out the glutinous rice, add about 4g of white sugar and a little lard, and then stir the glutinous rice, lard and white sugar evenly for later use.
● Step ④ Make eight-treasure rice
First prepare a clean bowl, then brush a layer of oil on the bottom of the bowl with a brush, put the ingredients on the bottom of the bowl, then add the stirred glutinous rice into the bowl. When the glutinous rice is half full, add the red bean paste to the middle of the bowl, then spread a layer of glutinous rice, press it with a spoon, cover it with plastic wrap and steam it in the pot for 2 minutes.
● Step ⑤ Pour sugar juice
After the eight-treasure rice is steamed, take it out and pour it upside down on the plate, so that the eight-treasure rice is steamed. Finally, pour sugar juice on the surface of the eight-treasure rice, first add a little water, then add white sugar according to your own taste, then add a little water starch to thicken it, and finally pour the sugar juice on the surface of the eight-treasure rice to make it.
the "answer to questions" of content summary
① Why does glutinous rice have to be heated twice?
A: The purpose of heating the glutinous rice twice is to make the cooked eight-treasure rice taste softer and glutinous. The purpose of cooking the glutinous rice in an electric cooker for the first time is to make the glutinous rice better and evenly heated, thus shortening the subsequent steaming time. The second heating is steaming with the ingredients, with the purpose of better mixing the sweetness and sweetness of the ingredients with the glutinous rice, so that the glutinous rice can better absorb the taste, thus making the taste of the glutinous rice more fragrant and sweeter, so these two processes are indispensable.
② why should lard be added to glutinous rice and stirred?
a: lard tastes more fragrant, and adding it to glutinous rice can make the steamed rice more fragrant, soft and glutinous, and at the same time make it look more shiny. Peanut oil or butter can be used instead of lard.
③ What's the reason that the cooked rice is too sweet?
A: The main reason why the taste of the rice is too sweet is that the amount of sugar added is not well controlled. The ingredients added in the rice are also sweet, and the cooked glutinous rice should be mixed with sugar and finally poured with sugar juice, which will increase the sweetness of the rice. Therefore, it is necessary to add sugar evenly when adding sugar, and it is necessary to consider adding sugar juice later. If it is too sweet, the sugar juice later can be omitted to avoid being too sweet.
④ The cooked rice with eight-treasure rice is so rotten that it has no soft and waxy taste. What's the matter?
A: The made eight-treasure rice doesn't taste soft and glutinous, the main reasons are as follows:
● The cooked glutinous rice is too bad: don't add too much water when cooking glutinous rice, because the glutinous rice has been soaked and softened. If too much water is added, the cooked glutinous rice will be rotten, and the added water will be less than the normal cooked rice. It is best to cook the glutinous rice with a little hardness, because it will be steamed later.
● Steaming time is too long: the glutinous rice has been cooked until it becomes soft, so it should not be steamed for too long in the subsequent steaming process, otherwise the glutinous rice will become soft and rotten, so it will have no taste.
making tips
① brown sugar can also be used instead of white sugar for cooked glutinous rice, so that the color of the eight-treasure rice produced is deep red. If you like the taste of brown sugar, you can also try adding brown sugar.
② The added ingredients should be softened in advance, which is more convenient for subsequent steaming, easier to ripen and save steaming time.
(3) The rice with eight treasures must be covered with plastic wrap or a plate before steaming, so as to prevent water vapor from falling into the bowl, which will cause the steamed rice with eight treasures to be too rotten and affect the taste and taste.
④ Before adding the glutinous rice into the bowl, brush the bottom of the bowl with cooking oil, so that the steamed rice can be poured out better, without sticking to the bowl, and it is easier to form the rice.
Conclusion
An eight-treasure rice tastes sweet, soft and delicious. To make this delicious food, glutinous rice must be completely soaked and cooked with a rice cooker. When cooking glutinous rice with a rice cooker, it must not be overcooked, but it is best to have a little hardness. Then, it should be put into a bowl with ingredients and steamed for a proper time. Only by mastering the above skills can an eight-treasure rice be more delicious.