Hainanese coconut eight-treasure rice is one of the most common delicacies in Hainan. So how to make Hainan coconut eight-treasure rice? There are many ways to make Hainan coconut eight-treasure rice. Here we introduce the most commonly used method of Hainan coconut eight-treasure rice. The detailed method is as follows:

How to make Hainan coconut eight-treasure rice

Eight-treasure rice contains lotus seeds, It is named after eight kinds of foods including lily, red dates, winter melon candy, peanut kernels and bean paste.

How to make Eight Treasures Rice: wash, soak and dry glutinous rice, cook lotus seeds, lilies, red dates, winter melon sugar, etc., and place them on a plate together with other ingredients in "Eight Treasures" (except bean paste) Stir-fry the glutinous rice until it is eight or nine times ripe, add honey (or sugar), sesame oil, and bean paste and put it on another plate. Then steam the glutinous rice and place it on the plate with the eight treasure ingredients. In this way, the original large plate The eight treasures are exposed on the top of the plate. Eight-treasure rice is soft, sticky, beautiful in appearance and sweet in taste. It is an indispensable dish for family reunions, weddings and wedding banquets, and can be used as both a dish and a meal.

Why Hainanese people love eight-treasure rice so much? First, eight-treasure rice is often served later in the banquet. It is similar to Western after-dinner desserts, and Hainanese people prefer sweets. Second, it has an auspicious meaning, because both the name of "Eight Treasures" and the ingredients used include "lily" (which means a hundred years of good marriage), "red dates" (which means giving birth to a child early), and lotus seeds (which means giving birth to a child early). ), in addition, the shape and sweetness of the eight-treasure rice also have the meaning of perfection and sweetness.