How to cut glutinous rice cake

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  1.Wash the glutinous rice and soak it in cold water overnight.For at least six hours, clean the red dates, remove the cores and set aside.

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  2. Boil the water, add the red dates, and then add three spoons of sugar.Cook for three minutes to let the sugar go into the red dates.Some people say, can't you just use candied dates? Candied dates don’t even taste like dates.Some people say, can’t they just be eaten with sticky candies when they are ripe? That way, it's just coated with a layer of sugar.How can it be delicious? When I cooked it this way, the cold cake was all seasoned and had the fragrance of dates.The taste is different.

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  3. Remove the red dates from the water and set aside.

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  4. Put a cage cloth on the cage, and put a layer of rice dumpling leaves on the cage., I didn't, put a layer of glutinous rice evenly.

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  5. After spreading the red dates and the remaining glutinous rice, there are For those with rice dumpling leaves, lay a layer of rice dumpling leaves.

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  6.Wrap it with cage cloth from above and press it tightly.Press it down with water or stones.

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  7. After the water boils, steam over medium heat for one and a half hours.

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  8. Use cold water when untying the cage cloth.The knife should be soaked with cold water when cutting.It's best to wait until the cold cake has cooled before cutting it.That way the cuts won't fall apart and I'm in a hurry to eat it.The incision is not good.Refrigerating is better.Don't boil it first and then steam it, otherwise it will be too watery and the glutinous rice will not be tasty.

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  9.Finished product picture

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