Finished dish photo of Soft Heart (Glutinous Rice with Red Dates)

Soft Heart (Glutinous Rice with Red Dates)

A sweet, fragrant, and soft little snack. Make “Soft Heart” at home.

Ingredients

Glutinous rice flour, dried red datesto taste

Steps

1

Soak the dried red dates in water for half an hour.

Soft Heart (Glutinous Rice with Red Dates) - Step 1
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2

Remove the pits.

Soft Heart (Glutinous Rice with Red Dates) - Step 2
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3

Mix glutinous rice flour with water into a dough. Make it slightly softer so it will be more glutinous after steaming. Since the red dates are very sweet, there is no need to add sugar to the glutinous rice flour.

Soft Heart (Glutinous Rice with Red Dates) - Step 3
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4

Roll the glutinous rice dough into small logs and stuff them into the pitted red dates.

Soft Heart (Glutinous Rice with Red Dates) - Step 4
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5

Steam for 10 minutes.

Soft Heart (Glutinous Rice with Red Dates) - Step 5
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