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sweet fermented rice

Sweet Fermented Rice (Jiu Niang)

Sweet Fermented Rice (jiu niang 酒酿, nuo mi jiu 糯米酒, or jiang mi jiu 江米酒) is a traditional Chinese dessert that has been eaten for hundreds of years.
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 2 days 12 hours
Total Time: 2 days 12 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 338kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups short-grain glutinous rice
  • 1 and 1/2 cups warm water room temperature
  • 4 grams Chinese distiller's yeast starter
  • glutinous rice flour to make sticky rice balls, optional

Instructions

  • Soak the glutinous rice overnight. Rinse the rice thoroughly in cold water until the water runs clear and drains well.
  • Lay a thin layer of glutinous rice liner with cotton cloth into a steamer and let it steam for 20-30 minutes or until it's fully cooked. Set it aside in a large bowl and let it cool off completely.
  • Use a rolling pin to grind the yeast ball to a fine powder. Slowly pour water into the powder and mix well.
  • Add the yeast water into the cooled steamed glutinous rice, and mix well with your hands until all ingredients are distributed evenly throughout the rice.
  • Level out the sticky rice mixture and create a crater in the center.
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap tightly and put it in any place in the house where is warm. The fermentation process will take place in about 2-3 days, you should start to see the sweet liquid starting to come out from the crater in 24 hours. The whole fermented process takes about 2 and half days.
  • Transfer the bowl or a jar container to the refrigerator immediately once the fermenting process is complete, that way you can stop any additional fermented. Take a clean spoon and taste a little bit, the liquid should be expected to taste like sweet wine, and the texture is more like cooked porridge.
  • Enjoy it within one month.

Nutrition

Calories: 338kcal | Carbohydrates: 74.1g | Protein: 6.7g | Fat: 0.6g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 1.3g | Sugar: 0.1g | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 4mg
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