LOCAL FOOD GUIDE

Rice with Droma Tubers 蕨麻米饭

Juema Mifan

Rice with Droma Tubers is featured among the local specialties of Gansu.

AI illustration: A shallow bowl of cooked white and lightly golden grains with a few darker grains.
AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）AI-generated visual reference; not a restaurant photograph. AI 示意图，仅供参考，非实拍。

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.

AI illustration: A Tibetan-style bowl of white cooked rice topped.
AI illustration · AI 示意图（菜式参考，非实拍） · 人参果蕨麻米饭 — A general serving example; recipes and presentation vary.

China Revealed · Editorially updated 2026-09-23

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.