Yellow Sticky Rice Cake

Yellow Sticky Rice Cake

　　Yellow Sticky Rice Cake

　　Yellow Sticky Rice Cake, also known as Yellow Cake Sticky Rice Cake, is a very famous and distinctive food in Guizhou. City dwellers love to eat Yellow Sticky Rice Cake, but they often struggle to get the ingredients and tools needed. Since it’s hard to come by, it has become more of a snack, meant to be savored slowly; in rural areas, the necessary ingredients and wooden steamers are not lacking, but people rarely have the leisure time to make this delicacy. So when there’s a lull in farm work, if a household makes a batch of Yellow Sticky Rice Cake, it adds a festive touch to the day.

　　In Guizhou, Yellow Sticky Rice Cake isn’t unique to any one place and can be found almost everywhere. The more widely it is eaten, the more room there is for comparison — among them, the ones from Nanbai Town in Zunyi (northern Guizhou) and Qingzhen in Guiyang (central Guizhou) are considered the best. The former is quite large, about the size of an old-fashioned square pillow, and when sliced about a finger’s width thick, it offers a truly satisfying bite. The latter is smaller, roughly the size of a fist, making it more suitable for savoring one “cake” at a time for personal enjoyment.

　　Pan-fried Yellow Cake Sticky Rice is made by slicing the Yellow Cake Sticky Rice into 1 cm thick pieces, pan-frying them in oil until both sides are crispy, and then plating them.

　　Flavor Profile: Golden-red color, soft and glutinous texture, sweet and aromatic taste.