Shanxi Steamed Rice Cake

Name: Shanxi Steamed Rice Cake
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Staple Food
Ingredients: 10 pieces red date; to taste glutinous rice; a pinch Raisin; a pinch kidney bean; a pinch white sugar; a pinch brown sugar

A traditional Shanxi layered steamed cake stacking sticky glutinous rice, creamy beans, and sweet red dates with raisins and brown sugar, slow-cooked into a dense, jammy, caramel-sweet delight.

1 hrNewEasy Staple Food Steam Sweet

Instructions

1
Wash the kidney beans and glutinous rice, and soak for 5 hours.
2
Use scissors to remove the pit from the red dates and cut them open.
3
Cook the kidney beans in a pressure cooker until done, then take them out and spread them at the bottom of a large bowl.
4
Prepare the raisins.
5
Scoop out the glutinous rice and spread it on top of the kidney beans.
6
Put in the red dates and sprinkle some white sugar.
7
Add some kidney beans.
8
Spread another layer of glutinous rice, then sprinkle red dates and raisins on top.
9
Sprinkle with brown sugar powder.
10
Add water, just enough to barely cover the dates.
11
Turn on the rice cooker, steam with water in between, and just press the steam rice button!