Actually, cauldron cake is a specialty snack in Xi'an, named after the ancient name "cauldron" for the large, deep iron pot in which the cake is steamed. The main ingredients of the steamer cake are jujubes and glutinous rice, soft and delicate glutinous rice and sweet jujubes, attractive color and taste, so that people can not help but a few large pieces of down to the stomach.

The authentic practice of cauldron cake:

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1

Soak the red beans one day in advance.

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Sticky rice is washed and soaked in water until it can be crumbled by hand.

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3

Wash the red dates.

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Place the jujube on the steam curtain and steam for 10 minutes, remove the pits and set aside.

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5

Wash the raisins and honey dates.

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6

Find a deep pot and put a layer of soaked and drained glutinous rice on the bottom (this layer is a little bit more glutinous rice).

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7

Place a layer of red dates and candied dates.

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8

Spread another layer of glutinous rice.

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9

Spread a layer of red beans.

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Spread the remaining glutinous rice, this layer is also slightly more glutinous rice.

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11

Spread the remaining red dates.

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12

Place the raisins. Add water in the pot that doesn't cover the glutinous rice.

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13

Put into the pressure cooker, steam and then turn down the heat to steam for 45 minutes.

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14

Steamed cauldron cake.