Sichuan Cold Sticky Rice Cake

Sichuan Cold Sticky Rice Cake

　　Sticky rice cake is made by mashing cooked glutinous rice into a paste and is a popular delicacy in some regions of southern China. People customarily make it before the Spring Festival, as it symbolizes harvest, joy, and reunion, and is an essential food for the New Year. Sichuan Cold Sticky Rice Cake boasts excellent color, aroma, and taste — soft, sweet, and pleasantly cool on the palate, refreshing the senses.

In Sichuan, making sticky rice cakes is generally associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival. Any leftover cakes can be kept for later use, such as cooking them with eggs or fermented glutinous rice wine to create a sweeter dish.