Making Glutinous Rice Wine at Home - Day 0, start the work - cook the rice by steaming

angjiu confinement glutinous rice wine homemade huangjiu steaming

Some basic steps:1. Use a steamer like this, boil about 3/4 full of water. 2. This is optional - I place a wire mesh as a raised base for better/faster steaming. 3. Place a large piece of cheese cloth to hold the rice. I used a piece of baby diaper cloth instead. *brand new fresh out of shelf of course  4. Fill the tray with the soaked glutinous rice to about 3/4 full. I estimated about 1 & 1/4 kilo of rice since I divided the 5 kg of soaked rice into 4 such trays. 5. Level the surface and used a pair of...

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