Eight-Treasure Rice Pudding

Name: Eight-Treasure Rice Pudding (Pa pao fan)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cold water (make paste); 1 tablespoon cold water (make paste); 5 tablespoons sugar; 3 tablespoons lard (or shortening); 1 tablespoon cornstarch (make paste); 1 tablespoon cornstarch (make paste); 20 raisins, brown; 20 raisins, brown; 20 dried longan; 3 qing mui (a type of plum); ½ teaspoon gui hua jiang; 3 tablespoons lard (or shortening); 1 ji bing (dried citrus fruit patty); 1 ji bing (dried citrus fruit patty); 1-½ cups glutinous rice; 5 Chinese red dates; 5 pieces candied winter melon; ½ cup sweet red bean paste; 20 lotus seeds

Pa pao fan

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1-½ cups glutinous rice
½ cup sweet red bean paste
20 lotus

Asia
Taiwan
Dinner
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Wash the rice in water until clean, place in deep pot, add same amount of cold water, use high heat, bring to a boil and cook about 3 minutes until the water is absorbed. Reduce the heat to low, cover pot with, lid and cook slowly for another 10 minutes. Remove the cooked rice to bowl, add 2 tablespoons lard and 2 tablespoons sugar, mix well.
Using a mold or 6”