Flower sticky rice

Flower sticky rice

　　Flower sticky rice is a traditional food of the Zhuang people in Wenshan. With its vibrant and appealing colors, intoxicating aroma, refreshing fragrance, and delicious taste, it has remained popular through the ages and is locally referred to as “colored food.” The preparation method is simple—most commonly, glutinous rice is separately soaked in the juices of edible plants such as yellow flower maple leaves, red-blue grass, and purple fragrant vines, allowing it to absorb the natural colors. It is then steamed in a bamboo steamer to produce rice in various colors—black, red, yellow, blue, and purple. The flower sticky rice is colorful, fragrant, soft, sweet, and delicious.