Rolling Donkey,Glutinous Rice Rolls with Sweet Bean Flour

Glutinous rice rolls with sweet bean flour(“Glutinous rolls”used below as abbreviation)is one of the most well- known traditional snacks in Beijing.Its name is interesting and of pretty good taste.The appearance presents yellow due to its ingredient.Once you smell it,it’s so fragrant that you want to swallow it immediately.Just have a bite,you will feel the glutinous and sweet taste at the tip of your tongue.You will never want to stop eating it!No wonder that so many young and senior people are fond of it.

Glutinous roll is a kind of popularized snack with more than 200 years’history. Its main ingredients are yellow rice flour,soybean,bean paste and sugar.Before making the rolls,you need to steam the yellow rice flour,which shall be made softer adding a little more water.Cook the soybean and ground it into powder.After all these ready,we can start to make the glutinous rolls.First roll the flour to make the skin,put the bean paste on the skin and then roll up.Cut the long strip into small pieces as the common ones we see in the shops.Sprinkle with sugar if you like eating sweet food more.Then the glutinous rolls are done.

In the whole process,it’s the”rolling”that plays the key role.Make sure the bean paste is evenly spread layer by layer.

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