Steamed Rice Cake

Steamed Rice Cake

　　Steamed Rice Cake is a beloved local snack enjoyed by all ages. This cake is made from glutinous rice, non-glutinous rice, brown sugar, and sesame seeds. Its preparation method is as follows:

　　10

　　jin of rice, take

　　7

　　jin of glutinous rice and

　　3

　　jin of non-glutinous rice, soak them together for

　　10

　　hours, then grind into a rice slurry, wrap and press it dry, then knead by hand into rice granules. Steam them in a steamer basket

　　(

　　zeng

　　)

　　until cooked. The steamer basket is made by perforating small bamboo or round wooden tubes, about

　　10

　　cm in height and

　　4

　　cm in diameter, with a piston inside. When steaming, first boil water in a kettle, then place the small zeng on the kettle opening, seal the opening with a damp cloth, and then put the rice granules, brown sugar, and sesame seeds into the zeng to steam. It is ready in about

　　1

　　minute. The result is sweet, fragrant, and uniquely flavorful.