【Shaanxi】Northern Shaanxi Millet Sweet Rice

Overview

Northern Shaanxi is rich in millet, and local people also like to eat it. Millet can be divided into soft millet and hard millet. The rice ground from soft millet is called soft rice. The northern Shaanxi yellow steamed buns and northern Shaanxi cakes and dumplings introduced by China on the Tip of the Tongue are all made of soft rice pressed into dough. Hard millet millet is ground into rice and is called yellow rice or millet. Millet is rich in protein, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and other mineral elements, making it a healthy food.

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• shaanxi cuisine
• bean paste filling
• candied dates
• millet rice
• sweet beans

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare millet rice.

   

2. 2 Soak the millet rice in cold water for 6 hours.

   

3. 3 Prepare candied beans, candied dates and bean paste filling.

   

4. 4 Take an empty bowl and spread cooking oil evenly on the bowl. Arrange the candied beans and candied dates neatly according to a certain pattern.

   

5. 5 Sprinkle soaked millet rice evenly.

   

6. 6 Spread the bean paste filling on top.

   

7. 7 Spread millet rice evenly on the top layer.

   

8. 8 Sprinkle a few honey beans on top, add water to the bowl to just cover the millet rice, put it in a pressure cooker and steam for 30 minutes.

   

9. 9 When eating, turn it upside down on the plate. If you like sweets, you can add honey.