Glutinous Rice Pastry and Fried Rice

Glutinous Rice Pastry and Fried Rice

　　Glutinous Rice Pastry and Fried Rice

　　Glutinous Rice Pastry, commonly known as "glutinous rice fried pastry," is a specialty loved by the Miao, Tujia, Bai, and Han ethnic groups. Production method: Steam high-quality glutinous rice, then pour it into a specially made mold with a wooden base and a round bamboo rim. Press the cooked rice flat and use juice from a purple fruit grown by farmers or food coloring to draw auspicious patterns such as the character for "happiness" on the surface. Once cooled, remove the pastry, then dry and store it. It can be given as a gift to relatives or enjoyed during festivals. When eaten, it is deep-fried in plant oil until crispy—deliciously fragrant, sweet, and crunchy. The production of fried rice shares some steps with that of the glutinous rice pastry: first wash and soak high-quality glutinous rice,

　　then filter and steam it. Pour it onto a bamboo mat, break it apart by hand to make “raw rice,” and then sun-dry it. When ready to eat, stir-fry it with sand to make it expand, sieve out the sand, and you get “fried rice.” It can be eaten dry or soaked in hot water with sugar, offering a deliciously crisp, sweet, and fragrant taste.

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