Ingredients:
- 3 cups Glutinous rice
- 1 juiyao (chinese yeast for brewing rice wine) these comes in individual packets of round balls
Directions:
- Cook the rice in the rice cooker, make sure not to use too much water. The water should just barely cover the layer of rice.
- Once the rice is done, transfer the cooked rice to a bowl. Flip it with a pair of chopsticks until the rice is completely cooled and room temperature.
- Using 1 chinese yeast ball, dilute the ball in warm water mixture and stir it until it is completely dissolved.
- Mix the yeast water mixture with the rice and stir to mix it then transfer the mixture to a glass bowl. Sprinkle some dried osmanthus flower on top.
- Create a hole in the center of the rice mixture with a spoon. This will allow us to observe the fermentation progress.
- Put the lid on the glass bowl and wrap the bowl with plastic food wrap tightly then wrap the bowl with a baby blanket. Place it in a warm area in your kitchen but away from sunlight. Let the wrapped bowl sit for 48 hours.
- After 48 hours, you should see water in the hole from the fermentation process. It is now ready to serve!