Sweet Rice dessert with dried fruit and nuts

Ingredients

• 2 cups sweet rice (glutinous rice)
• 15 canned chestnuts cut into pieces
• 15 jujubes (or dates if you can't find jujubes), cut into pieces
• 1 tablespoon pine nuts
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder

Method

1. Rinse the sweet rice until the water is clear. Soak the rice for an hour. Drain well. (This can be done a day earlier)
2. Cut around the seed of each jujube (or date) to separate the flesh, and then cut the flesh into small pieces. Reserve the seeds to make the jujube syrup water
3. In a small saucepan, boil 3 cups of water and the jujube (or date) seeds over medium high heat until the liquid is reduced (about 15 minutes). Measure 1.5 cups of water to cook with the rice
4. To the 1.5 cup of jujube flavored water, add the soy sauce, sugar, and honey. Bring it to a boil and continue to boil for a minute, which will yield about 1 and 3/4 cups of seasoned water. Add the sesame oil
5. Place the rice in the rice cooker and pour the seasoned water over the rice. Gently shake the pot to evenly spread the rice
6. Add the chestnuts and jujubes on top. Do not stir. Click the "rice" mode on the rice cooker
7. Allow the rice to "keep warm" for 10 minutes. Add the pine nuts and pumpkin seeds and fluff up the rice with a paddle to mix the nuts and seeds
8. Transfer the rice into a shallow container and gently press down with a plastic wrap to shape flat. When it’s cooled, cut into desired serving sizes. Decorate with nuts and seeds.Can be wrapped and frozen for storage. Great for dessert or healthy lunch box treats

Product used in recipe

• Lee Kum Kee - Sesame Oil
• Lee Kum Kee - Premium Dark Soy Sauce