How to cook sticky red sticky rice with gac fruit for Tet
Báo Dân trí•23/01/2025
(Dan Tri) - Applying the method of cooking sticky rice with gac fruit that Ms. Huong shared, many housewives have been able to cook delicious, red sticky rice dishes for Tet trays.
Xoi gac is an indispensable dish in Tet trays. Xoi gac is cooked from sticky rice and gac fruit, a perfect combination of color, flavor and meaning of wishing for good luck and good things in the new year. Below is how to cook red, fragrant and sticky xoi gac as suggested by Ms. Vu Thu Huong (in Hanoi). This recipe is applied by many people and produces beautiful and delicious dishes of xoi gac.
Ingredients for cooking sticky rice with gac fruit - 1kg of sticky rice (yellow sticky rice). - 1 gac fruit (about 400g of gac flesh). - 1 tablespoon of white wine. - 1 tablespoon of cooking oil or melted chicken fat/ - 80g of sugar. - ½ teaspoon of salt.
Prepare ingredients for cooking sticky rice with gac fruit - Wash the rice and soak it in cold water for about 6-8 hours. - Choose ripe gac fruit with a beautiful red color. - Mix the gac fruit with 1 teaspoon of wine and 1 teaspoon of cooking oil. This step helps the sticky rice to have a bright red color. - Mix the sticky rice with the gac fruit flesh.
How to cook sticky rice with gac fruit - Add water to 1/3 of the steamer, bring to a boil. - Put the mixed rice into the steamer, cover the steamer with a cloth to prevent the water on the lid from dripping down. - When you see the steam rising evenly, stir the rice evenly to cook the sticky rice. - When the sticky rice is soft, add cooking oil or chicken fat and mix well. - You should steam the sticky rice twice to make the rice stickier. The first time is about 30 minutes, the second time is about 10-15 minutes. - Wait for the sticky rice to cool down, then add sugar and mix well. You should add sugar in the second time because if you add sugar right from the beginning, the sticky rice will take longer to cook.
How to make green bean filling to decorate sticky rice with gac fruit Ingredients: 200g green beans, 60g sugar, cooking oil, salt. How to make: - Soak green beans in water for 2 hours, then wash them, put them in a pot and cook like rice. - When the beans are cooked, mash them, then add sugar, cooking oil and salt and mix well. - Cook the green beans until the dough does not stick to your hands, then turn off the stove. - Mold the green beans in the shape of carp or flowers depending on the decoration needs or the worshiping occasions.
Notes when cooking sticky rice with gac fruit: - When choosing gac fruit, pay attention to the bright red color, thin skin, small and sparse thorns, and large stems, which will have thick and delicious meat. - Rice should be chosen with even grains, the glutinous rice grains must be opaque white, shiny, and fragrant. - When soaking rice, add a little salt to create a rich flavor for the sticky rice. - The water used to cook sticky rice should only take up 1/3 of the pot's capacity, do not add too much water because the water evaporates strongly, making the sticky rice mushy. - If the sticky rice is unfortunately dry, sprinkle 10-20ml of water on the surface of the sticky rice, then cover the surface of the sticky rice with a clean towel soaked in water, close the lid tightly and continue steaming. Every 10 minutes, open the lid once to wipe off the steam on the pot lid and stir the sticky rice until the sticky rice is cooked and soft.
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