Black RiceRiceThis is a traditional festival food in our country, eaten on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. Many families cook black rice on this day, and some use black rice leaves to cook rice, which has become a custom.The eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Black Rice Festival.According to folklore, it is said that when the disciple of Shakyamuni, Mulan, wanted to eat rice, he used the juice of South Mountain leaves to dye the rice and cook it, and the hungry ghosts were afraid to eat the black rice.Finally, Mulan was able to eat, and the people ate black rice every year to commemorate Mulan, a filial son.Today, let's take a look at how to make black rice.

Black Rice Recipe I

Ingredients

Sticky riceBlack rice leaves

Preparation steps

1. Prepare all the ingredients. Pick the black rice leaves, remove the branches and old leaves, and wash them.Put them in a blender, add water, and crush them.

2. Put the mashed black rice leaves in a large bowl and let them sit for 30 minutes, occasionally kneading them with your hands.

3. Strain the black rice leaf juice with a sieve.

4. Wash the sticky rice thoroughly.Soak the sticky rice in the black rice leaf juice and refrigerate overnight.

5. Pour out the excess juice from the soaked sticky rice, and the water should just cover the sticky rice.

6. Put the sticky rice in a pot.SteamCook for about 30 minutes until fully cooked.

Black Rice Recipe II

Ingredients

RiceBlack ricePreparation steps

1. Wash the rice and black rice separately.

2. Put the washed rice and black rice in a rice cooker, add water, and make sure the water covers the rice by one finger's width.

3. Close the lid and cook according to the rice cooker settings.

4. After the rice cooker's cooking function stops, let it steam for another 15 minutes.

Black Rice Recipe III

Ingredients

Black rice leaves, white sticky rice

White sugarPreparation steps

1. Prepare all the ingredients. Pick and wash the black rice leaves, and put them in a food processor.

2. Put the washed black rice leaves in water and blend them.

3. Pour the blended black rice leaf juice into a bowl and strain out the leaf fibers.

4. Wash the white sticky rice and soak it in the black rice leaf juice for several hours until the rice turns color.

5. Put the soaked sticky rice in a rice cooker.

CookDo not add too much water.Cook according to the rice cooker settings.6. When the black rice is cooked, sprinkle some white sugar on it and enjoy.

Black Rice Recipe IV

Ingredients

Peas

Black rice leaves, sticky riceBamboo shootsSalted meatPreparation steps1. Wash the black rice leaves and put them in a food processor to make juice. Pour the black rice leaf juice into a bowl and let it sit for 30 minutes, occasionally kneading it with your hands.

2. Strain the black rice leaf juice with a sieve. Put the washed sticky rice in the juice and soak it for several hours.

3. Put the soaked sticky rice in a

rice cooker

and add black rice leaf juice, and cook according to the rice cooker settings.4. Blanch the peas and bamboo shoots in boiling water, and soak the salted meat in clean water for 30 minutes, then cut into small pieces.5. Heat a little oil in a wok, add the salted meat and stir-fry until it changes color, then add the chopped bamboo shoots and peas and stir-fry for a moment.

6. Add the cooked black rice, add a little salt and stir-fry evenly.

Pour appropriate amount of oil into the pan and heat. Fry the salted meat until it changes color. Add the sliced mushrooms and peas and stir-fry for a moment.

Pour in the cooked sticky rice, add appropriate amount of salt and stir-fry evenly.