Healthy version of sweet glutinous eight-treasure rice| The procedure is simple and the steps are detailed

When I was a child, my favorite New Year's dish was the sweet and rich eight-treasure rice, maybe our family has a "glutinous rice stomach"! The traditional eight-treasure rice is mixed with at least eight ingredients, such as lotus seeds, red dates, almonds, preserved fruits, chestnuts, peanuts, canned citrus, and candied fruits such as candied cherries. Plus red bean paste, jujube paste, lard, sweet glutinous rice and sugar water! Eight Treasure Rice uses this hearty combination of high sugar to complete a symbol of abundance. The modern version of Babao Rice I shared today is not only healthier and lighter than the old-fashioned tradition, but even more delicious than the traditional! Some healthier alternatives are used, fusing with less sugar for a better taste. I didn't use commercially available osmanthus syrup, but made my own super-fast chrysanthemum syrup (it's really easy, you can try it, but you can also buy commercially available syrup or honey).

Ingredients

Glutinousrice 1.5 cups(320 g)

Coconutoil(orlard 2 tablespoons(30 g)

Sugar 1 tablespoon(10 g)

Redbeanpaste/beanpastefilling 4 tablespoons

[Driedfruits]:

Reddates 2-3

raisins 1 tablespoon(13 g)

Pumpkinseeds 1 tablespoon(9 g)

Gojiberries 1/2 tablespoon(4.8 g)

Walnutkernels 1 pc

[Chrysanthemumsyrup]

Water 1 cup(240 ml)

Sugar 2 tablespoons(20 g)

Fetalchrysanthemumorchrysanthemum 1 tablespoon(1.6 g)

cornstarch 1 teaspoon

Cooking Instructions

Soak glutinous rice in cold water, the amount of water is at least 5 cm above the surface of the glutinous rice, and soak for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight.
Drain the glutinous rice after soaking. Boil water in a steamer and steam glutinous rice for 30 minutes. (If the glutinous rice is only soaked for 3 hours, steam it for 45 minutes).
Once the sticky rice is steamed, add the coconut oil and sugar.
Stir well until the sticky rice is coated with sugar and oil.
Dried fruit preserves can be adjusted to your liking.
Prepare a large bowl with a round bottom, grease it, and place the dried fruit and other candied fruit you want to put on top of the sticky rice into the bottom of the bowl.
Then put the sticky rice in, about 2/3 of the bowl, flatten and compact with the back of the spoon and press a dimple in the middle, ready to fill the red bean paste.
Spread in the red bean paste and use the back of a spoon to flatten the red bean paste into a layer.
Put the remaining sticky rice in and flatten it with a spoon.
*At this point, the assembled glutinous rice can be sealed and stored in the refrigerator for 1-2 days. It is also possible to continue.
Put the assembled glutinous rice back into the steamer and steam for another 30 minutes.
Once steamed, drizzle with syrup. Then let it sit for 10 minutes and wait for the syrup to soak the sticky rice.
After 10 minutes, when it is not so hot, you can cover another bowl or plate, and then flip it so that the dried fruit and candied fruit are on top, and transfer the sticky rice to the bowl and plate ready to serve.
ã€ŽChrysanthemum syrup methodã€:
The same ratio and method can be used to manufacture: osmanthus syrup, rose syrup, jasmine syrup, etc., as long as you like~
Place the water, sugar, and chrysanthemums in a saucepan over medium heat until boiling.
Bring to a boil over medium-low heat and continue to cook for 10 minutes.
Mix the cornstarch with 1 teaspoon of water into a paste, pour into the pan and stir constantly until the syrup thickens slightly.
Strain out the chrysanthemum with a strainer to get the syrup.
Very fragrant~
What you can't eat can be refrigerated or frozen.
Dig a spoonful and re-steam it, and stew the snow swallow red date soup~
I hope you like it and Happy New Year~