Shanghai special rice cake----birth cake

Shanghai special rice cake----birth cake

Overview

When a newborn was born, some family would make this kind of rice cake to give to relatives and neighbors, so it was called birth cake. When I was a kid, I ate pure rice noodles without any dried fruits. I added dried fruits myself, which made them taste sweeter

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Soak japonica rice and glutinous rice at a ratio of 3:1 overnight, rinse thoroughly and control water before making rice flour

    Shanghai special rice cake----birth cake step 1

  2. Use a juicer or a non-heated soymilk machine to grind the rice noodles

    Shanghai special rice cake----birth cake step 2

  3. Sieve the crushed rice noodles through a sieve

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  4. Sifted rice noodles

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  5. Add white sugar and mix well. The sugar will melt quickly. If you like sweetness, add more sugar. If you don’t like it, add less sugar. You can also taste the sweetness of raw rice noodles

    Shanghai special rice cake----birth cake step 5

  6. Grab a handful in your hand and gently knead it into a ball

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  7. The humidity is suitable for kneading into a ball. If it is too dry, it will not be easily steamed. A little water is needed before mixing

    Shanghai special rice cake----birth cake step 7

  8. Chop the wolfberry and raisins, remove the pits and chop the red dates. Buy larger red dates. Hahaha~ It’s troublesome to remove the cores if the red dates are too small

    Shanghai special rice cake----birth cake step 8

  9. Chopped dry fruits

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  10. Add the chopped dried fruits to the rice noodles and mix well

    Shanghai special rice cake----birth cake step 10

  11. Mixed rice noodles

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  12. Wet the gauze and spread it on the panel

    Shanghai special rice cake----birth cake step 12

  13. This is a DIY mold made from eight-treasure porridge cans and cans

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  14. Apply some oil on the inner wall of the mold and the gasket

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  15. Place the gasket into the mold

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  16. Put the rice noodles into the mold

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  17. Use chopsticks to scrape it flat, be careful not to press it, otherwise it will not be steamed properly

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  18. Put water in the pressure cooker and cover it. When it boils over high heat and a lot of steam comes out of the gas nozzle, put it on the gas nozzle of the pressure cooker. Pay attention to the changes in the surface of the rice noodles. The colors of raw and cooked rice noodles are different

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  19. Finished product. Steaming is very fast, one can be steamed in less than 30 seconds. I couldn’t even use two molds and couldn’t stop my hands

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  20. Steam the first rice cake more slowly, more than 30 seconds

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  21. Finished product

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  22. Finished product. You can also add other things according to your personal taste, such as adding purple rice to get purple rice cake, adding black rice to get black rice cake. When adding these things, the amount should be small, and the ratio of japonica rice and glutinous rice cannot be changed

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