Steaming unsoaked glutinous rice at least half an hour, with chopsticks inserted into the bottom of the pot, if the rice sticky chopsticks are cooked, or try the bottom of the pot of rice is cooked can be. Steam soaked glutinous rice can be steamed for 15 to 20 minutes, when cooking rice slightly add a little fragrant rice will taste better.

The time needed for rice cooker, pressure cooker, wooden barrel are different, it will take longer than steaming rice. Steaming rice still depends on what tool is used, if you are using a microwave oven to steam rice, it usually takes fifteen minutes, so that the rice can be thoroughly steamed.

If you are using a rice cooker, then it takes about twenty minutes, and don't care, the rice will automatically turn off when it is cooked, especially convenient. If you are using an ordinary steamer pot to put water to steam, then the time may take a little longer, usually need half an hour, but although the time is long, the taste is much better than the other way, especially fragrant.

Main effects of glutinous rice:

The Chinese medicine believes that glutinous rice is warm and sweet, which can warm the spleen and stomach, and replenish the vitality. Glutinous rice also contains protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, niacin and other rich nutrients, which can be called warm and strong food. Glutinous rice as a Chinese medicine concoction of auxiliary materials, relative to other rice application is the most extensive, while glutinous rice as raw material brewing yellow wine is still concocting Chinese medicine liquid auxiliary materials.