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Is the rice cake made of rice or glutinous rice?

polished glutinous rice

Usually glutinous rice is used instead of rice to make rice cakes, because rice is not sticky and rice cakes will be too hard. Glutinous rice is sticky, which will make the rice cake Q soft and glutinous. Before making rice cakes, wash them until the water is no longer turbid, soak them for more than eight hours, and then grind them into powder. The making process of rice cakes is complicated, and the taste of rice cakes made by hand will be much better than that made by machines.

The difference between rice cakes and zanba.

1, raw material difference. The main raw material of Bazin is generally glutinous rice, while the main raw material currently used in rice cakes is generally rice.

2, the production process difference. Ciba is mainly made by steaming glutinous rice, then beating it by hand or machine until there are no grains of rice, and then cutting it. The rice cake is mainly made by grinding rice, then adding water to knead it into balls, steaming it in a pot, and finally oiling it while beating it with a machine, cutting it into strips and freezing it in a refrigerator.

3. Color difference. Ciba is generally white, but slightly dark and dull, while rice cakes are generally pure white with normal color.

4. The taste is different. Ciba is generally soft and delicious, soft and chewy, and sweet after eating, while the taste of rice cake is relatively elastic, even if it is cooked, it is full of toughness, and the taste is much better than Ciba.