Cherry & Dennis Helper Habitat
Eight Treasure Sweet Glutinous Rice
八寶甜飯
Recipe overview
Eight accompaniments decorate a bowl mould around sweet rice with red bean filling.
01
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 250 g glutinous rice
- 100 g ready-to-eat red bean paste
- 20 g dried lotus seeds without bitter germ
- 20 g pitted red dates
- 20 g raisins
- 20 g dried apricots
- 20 g cooked peeled chestnuts
- 15 g walnut pieces
- 10 g pumpkin seed kernels
- 25 g sugar
- 220 ml water
Recipe cooking oil
- 15 ml cooking oil
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Tools
- mixing bowl
- sieve
- refrigerator
- lidded pot
- kitchen knife
- cutting board
- measuring jug
- steamer
- measuring spoons
- pastry brush
- oven gloves
- serving plate
03
Steps
Step 1
Rinse and soak rice in the refrigerator for 2 hours; soak lotus seeds separately for 1 hour
Rinse and soak rice in the refrigerator for 2 hours; soak lotus seeds separately for 1 hour.
Step 2
Drain lotus seeds and simmer in fresh water for 20 minutes until soft; drain
Drain lotus seeds and simmer in fresh water for 20 minutes until soft; drain.
Step 3
Rinse and drain dates, raisins and apricots; dice apricots
Rinse and drain dates, raisins and apricots; dice apricots.
Step 4
Break chestnuts and walnuts into small pieces and set aside with pumpkin seeds
Break chestnuts and walnuts into small pieces and set aside with pumpkin seeds.
Step 5
Drain rice into a heatproof bowl and add 220 ml water
Drain rice into a heatproof bowl and add 220 ml water.
Step 6
Steam over boiling water for 30 minutes until rice is cooked, keeping water in the steamer
Steam over boiling water for 30 minutes until rice is cooked, keeping water in the steamer.
Step 7
Mix hot rice with sugar and 10 ml oil until sugar dissolves
Mix hot rice with sugar and 10 ml oil until sugar dissolves.
Step 8
Oil another heatproof bowl and arrange lotus seeds, dates, raisins, apricots, chestnuts, walnuts and pumpkin seeds in its base
Oil another heatproof bowl and arrange lotus seeds, dates, raisins, apricots, chestnuts, walnuts and pumpkin seeds in its base.
Step 9
Add half the rice, make a hollow and add bean paste clear of the edges
Add half the rice, make a hollow and add bean paste clear of the edges.
Step 10
Cover paste with remaining rice and press the surface level
Cover paste with remaining rice and press the surface level.
Step 11
Steam another 20 minutes until hot throughout; remove and rest 5 minutes
Steam another 20 minutes until hot throughout; remove and rest 5 minutes.
Step 12
Cover the bowl with a serving plate, invert together using gloves and lift off the bowl slowly
Cover the bowl with a serving plate, invert together using gloves and lift off the bowl slowly.
Common mistakes
- Moulding cannot fix hard rice; let hot rice settle before inverting.
Tips
Seven decorative ingredients plus bean paste make eight; cook rice before moulding. Contains walnuts and seeds with a sticky texture; check allergies and chewing needs.
