Chinese-style Fancy Noodles that Can Rival Cakes

Flavor: Original; Technique: Steaming; Time: Several hours; Difficulty: Advanced.

Detailed Cooking Steps for Chinese-style Fancy Noodles that Can Rival Cakes

Start with the main part: Soak the rice in advance, then add a little water to the soaked rice and blend it in a food processor, then strain it. (The amount of water should be about 1 cm above the rice)

Add flour and glutinous rice flour to the rice paste, along with milk, egg white, granulated sugar, yeast, and vegetable oil, mix well.

Mix thoroughly until the rice paste is smooth and fine, and when lifted with a spatula, it can hang without immediately dripping off.

Let it ferment directly in a bowl for the first time, stir the batter evenly after it has doubled in size, then deflate it with chopsticks.

Line the bottom and sides of a 6-inch springform cake pan with parchment paper, pour in the mixed rice batter.

Heat water in a pot until warm, place the mold in it, cover with a lid, and let it ferment for a second time. Let it rest for about 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, turn on the heat, bring to a boil, then simmer over medium-low heat for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it sit for 10 minutes before uncovering the pot.

Next, for the decoration part: Mix flour with activated yeast, knead into a dough until fluffy.

Divide into several portions, add yellow food coloring, red food coloring, matcha powder, and cocoa powder separately (orange is formed by mixing red and yellow).

Make a snowman: Take 4 portions of dough, shape 2 into round shapes, and 2 into shapes with a narrow top and a thick bottom.

Insert a toothpick in the middle to secure the head and body.

Make small accessories: (scarf) Roll out red and white dough into thin sheets.

Cut each into a long strip, take one of each color, twist them together, and the scarf is done.

(hat) Layer the remaining colors on top of each other, apply a layer of water between the sheets.

Cut into strips along the long edge, roll into thin sheets.

Form a cylinder, pinch the top, and the hat is done.

Make a yellow hat, then create a few flowers, small trees, and grass. (Let your imagination run wild)

Dress the snowman with the hat and scarf, add a nose and eyes.

Place in a steamer, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium-low heat for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it sit for five minutes before uncovering the pot.

Cut off the protruding top of the rice cake that was made earlier.

Roll out the green dough into thin sheets, cut out two strips that are 1.5 cm wide.

Press out a wavy edge with a piping tip.

Wrap them around the top and bottom ends.

Sprinkle flour crumbs on the surface of the main body, and lightly decorate the wavy edges with red dots.

Bring the steamer to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium-low heat for ten minutes. (Since the rice cake is cooked, the steaming time doesn’t need to be too long)

Now it’s time to assemble.