Rice with Droma Tubers 蕨麻米饭
Rice with Droma Tubers is featured among the local specialties of Gansu.
Rice with Droma Tubers (蕨麻米饭) is a Tibetan dish of rice and droma (蕨麻), a plateau plant commonly called 'ginseng fruit' (人参果), finished with white sugar and melted butter.
How it is made
People's Daily Online describes droma as a herbaceous plant of the high plateau and a food particular to Tibetan cuisine. For the dish, cooked rice and droma are put together in a single bowl, white sugar is scattered over them and melted butter (酥油) is poured on top.
How it is eaten
The bowl is stirred as it is eaten, so the sugar and butter work through the rice and droma. The result is described as sweet without being astringent and rich without being greasy.
Tibetans regard Rice with Droma Tubers as a food that stands for family reunion and harmony, and it is a first choice for the table when they hold a meal for guests.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-23. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.